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,  JAN  13  1932  ^ 

AN  AUTHENTIC  HISTORY 


OF 


Donegal   Presbyterian  Church 


LOCATED     IN 


East  Donegal  Township,  Lancaster  Co.,  Pa. 


J.  L.  ZIEGLER,  A.  M.,  M.  D. 


Member  of  the  Historical  and  Genealogical  Societies  of  Pennsylvania, 

The  Presbyterian  Historical  Society,  The  Lancaster 

County  Historical  Society,  etc.,  etc. 


Mount  Joy,  Pa. 


Propter  amorem,  non  lucrum. 


Entered  according  to  Act  of  Congress,  in  the  year  1902, 
by  J.  L.  Ziegler,  M.  D.,  in  the  office  of  the  Librarian  of 
Congress,  at   Washington. 


PHILADELPHIA  : 

F.  McManus,  Jr.,  &  Co. 

PRINTERS  AND  PUBLISHERS 
1902 


To  the  memory  of  a  loving  wife, 

Harriet  Patterson  Ziegler 

A  descendant  of  a  long  line  of  Donegal  ancestry 

and  a  consistent  member  of 

Donegal  Church, 

whose  devotion  encouraged  and  strengthened  a 

prolonged  and  laborious  professional  life, 

this  work  is 

affectionately  and  gratefully  dedicated  by 

The  Author. 


T 


PREFACE 


HE  history  of  Donegal  Church  was  undertaken  with  the 
desire  to  correct  some  of  the  many  erroneous  statements 
that  have  been  promulgated  at  various  times  concerning  the 
church,  the  pastors  and  families  which  constituted  the  congrega- 
tion. Much  time  and  labor  have  been  devoted  to  the  procuring 
and  examining  authentic  documents,  such  as  the  records  of  the 
church,  the  records  of  Presbytery,  Presbyterian  history,  wills, 
land-titles  and  family  records.  Nothing  traditional  has  been 
introduced  as  authentic. 

The  author  has  been  a  member  of  the  congregation  since 
1845,  when  his  name  appears  upon  the  records  as  an  auditor  of 
accounts,  and  has  attended  the  church  services  as  early  as  1836. 
He  taught  school  one  term  in  the  old  school-house,  a  few  yards 
from  the  church,  and  commenced  the  study  of  medicine  with 
Dr.  Nathaniel  Watson  in  1840,  whose  residence  (now  Hon.  J. 
Donald  Cameron's)  was  a  few  hundred  yards  north  of  the 
church,  thus  enjoying  the  privilege  of  forming  the  acquaintance 
of  many  of  the  congregation,  so  that  he  can  lay  a  just  claim  to 
some  personal  knowledge  during  a  period  of  sixty  years.  The 
author,  after  having  freely  used  all  appropriate  and  authentic 
material  accessible,  does  not  claim  perfection  and  makes  no 
pretension  to  a  complete  biography  of  the  membership  of  the 
church  and  congregation,  but  rather  the  presentation  of  land- 
marks by  which  the  future  historian  may  elucidate  facts  and 
incidents  that  will  assist  in  tracing  a  more  complete  history  and 
biography.      He  hopes  this  work  will  meet  the  approbation  of 


all  who  may  feel  an  interest  in  the  preservation  of  the  history 
of  an  old  landmark  whose  impress  has  been  made  upon  the 
Church  and  the  nation  by  those  who  have  gone  out  from  its 
sacred  precincts. 

The  author,  in  his  various  researches,  has  found  the  site  of 
an  old,  extinct  Presbyterian  church  incidentally  connected  with 
Donegal  and  Deny  churches,  the  memory  of  which  has  been 
almost  obliterated,  and  also  of  an  old  Moravian  church  of  which 
nothing  remains  but  the  burial  place  of  some  of  its  long-departed 
members,  known  only  by  the  peculiarity  of  the  position  of  their 
tombstones. 

The  author,  having  enjoyed  his  early  tuition  in  an  academy 
established  by  a  son  of  one  of  the  pastors  of  the  old  Moravian 
church,  adds  what  remains  of  the  history  of  the  old  church  as  a 
small  tribute  of  respect  to  his  memory.  Acknowledgment  is 
made  to  the  late  Messrs.  James  A.  Patterson,  Henry  H.  Wiley 
and  Dr.  Egle,  State  Librarian  ;  to  the  Rev.  Wm.  A.  West  ;  to 
Alfred  Percival  Smith,  Esq.,  of  Philadelphia;  Mr.  John  K. 
Miller,  Photographer,  of  Maytown,  Pa. ;  Dr.  Jas.  P.  Ziegler, 
of  Mt.  Joy ;  to  Rev.  Richard  Downes,  Pastor  of  Donegal 
Church,  for  assistance  and  valuable  information,  and  to  others 
to  whom  acknowledgment  is  made  elsewhere  in  this  work. 

Mount  Joy,  Pa. ,  Nov.  13th,  igoi. 


THE  DONEGAL  PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH. 


The  tyranny  and  cruelty  which  the  profligate  monarchies 
of  Europe  imposed  upon  the  early  Presbyterians — German 
Reformed,  Lutherans,  Moravians  and  others — caused  thousands 
to  leave  their  native  land  and  seek  an  asylum  in  this  land,  which 
was  the  wilderness  of  the  New  World.  Even  here,  persecution 
followed  them  so  that  the  struggles  and  trials  of  the  early  settlers 
were  almost  unendurable. 

Their  ministers,  ever  in  the  van  of  the  cause  of  liberty  and 
freedom  of  conscience,  stood  as  a  bulwark  against  the  oppressor  ; 
though  but  few  in  number,  we  are  to-day  enjoying  the  rich 
blessings  of  a  free  government,  the  seeds  of  which  they  planted 
and  nurtured  until  it  has  grown  into  a  nation  of  freemen  such 
as  the  world  has  never  witnessed.  The  sturdy  pioneers  who 
established  and  constituted  the  congregation  of  Donegal  Church 
took  an  early  and  prominent  part  in  our  struggles  for  inde- 
pendence, and  all  along  the  subsequent  upward  path  of  the 
nation's  progress  in  the  arts  and  sciences  of  civilization  we  find 
here  and  there  the  resting  place  of  some  eminent  descendant  of 
old  Donegal  Church  ;  while  the  living  at  present  occupy  places 
in  the  front  rank  of  eminence  in  the  learned  professions,  and  the 
highest  office  in  the  gift  of  the  people  was  filled  by  a  descendant 
in  the  person  of  Major  William  McKinley,  as  President. 

The  records  of  Donegal  Church  prior  to  1786  are  lost,  and 
those  immediately  subsequent  are  fragmentary  ;  all  the  history 
that  can  be  authenticated  is  gleaned  from  family  records,  land- 
titles,  wills,  records  of  Donegal  Presbytery  and  the  early  histories 
of  the  Presbyterian  Church  of  America.       When  we  consider 


O  THE    DONEGAL    PRESBYTERIAN   CHURCH. 

that  it  was  founded  less  than  a  score  of  years  after  the  organiza- 
tion of  the  first  Presbytery  in  America — the  country  at  the  time 
being  thinly  settled,  the  facilities  for  communication  between 
neighboring  settlements  difficult  and  often  dangerous,  organiza- 
tion and  the  means  for  the  preservation  of  records  incomplete, 
the  turbulent  and  unsettled  state  of  the  country — the  paucity  of 
data  becomes  obvious.  When  was  Donegal  Church  organized  ? 
When  was  the  present  building  erected  ?  And  as  it  is  supposed 
there  was  another  building  before  the  present  one,  where  was  it 
located  ?  These  are  questions  which  can  only  be  answered 
approximately,  if  at  all.  There  are  no  records  extant,  at  least 
none  can  be  found  that  will  answer  them. 

The  fact  that  one  hundred  and  eighty  years  ago  there  was 
preaching  at  Donegal  and  that  there  was  a  place  of  worship  is 
evident,  and  that  the  country  around  Donegal  was  settled  by 
the  Scotch-Irish  who  fled  from  persecution  in  the  old  country  to 
seek  an  asylum  where  they  might  worship  God  without  molest- 
ation, and  that  they  constituted  the  Donegal  congregation.  Many 
of  their  names  are  recorded  in  the  adjacent  silent  abode  of  the 
dead.  Some  of  their  posterity  still  worship  within  the  sacred 
precincts  of  the  structure  which  their  ancestors  erected.* 

*  There  have  been  many  erroneous  and  misleading  statements  pub- 
lished as  authentic  history  concerning  Donegal  Church  and  the  families 
connected  with  the  congregation  which,  in  justice  to  the  descendants  of 
the  old  Church,  should  be  corrected.  The  following  extract  from  a  paper 
printed,  framed  and  hung  in  the  Church  deserves  a. passing  notice: 
"There  are  not  half  a  dozen  of  the  descendants  of  the  Scotch-Irish  who 
attend  the  church  and  there  is  seldom  preaching  in  it. — April  28th,  1877." 
On  one  occasion  during  the  summer  (1897),  when  services  were  held 
there,  twenty  members  were  counted  who  were  regular  attendants,  most 
of  them  communicants  and  direct  descendants  of  the  Scotch-Irish  ;  their 
ancestors  were  prominent  members  of  Donegal  Church,  none  less  than 
one  hundred,  some  one  hundred  and  fifty-seven,  and  in  one  instance  one 
hundred  and  sixty-four  years  ago.  With  regard  to  the  "seldom  preach- 
ing in  it,"  my  personal  recollection  extends  over  a  period  of  sixty  years 
and  during  that  time  the  Church  has  not  been  without  an  organization, 
both  spiritual  and  secular,  nor  without  a  pastor,  and  regular  services  at 
least  once  a  month,  and  ad  interim  Presbytery  appointed  a  moderator 
and  stated  supplies. 


THE    DONEGAL   PRESBYTERIAN    CHURCH.  9 

The  first  intimation  of  a  church  organization  at  Donegal  is 
as  follows  :  "In  1714,  the  tide  of  emigration  following  up  the 
eastern  side  of  the  Susquehanna  had  reached  the  valley  of  the 
Chicquesalunga,  now  in  Lancaster  County,  when  Donegal  Church 
was  organized  in  that  year." — (West's  Origin  and  History  of 
Donegal  and  Carlisle  Presbytery. )  And  again  :  ' '  Application 
was  made  by  Andrew  Galbraith  to  Newcastle  Presbytery,  August 
1st,  1 72 1,  for  supplies  for  Chickens  Longus  (Chicquesalunga*), 
and  Gillespie  and  Cross  were  sent.  Roland  Chambers  renewed 
the  request  next  year.  In  May,  1723,  Conestoga  applied,  but 
Hutchison  failed  to  go,  being  unable  to  obtain  a  guide  thither. 
In  the  fall,  he  and  McGill  were  sent  to  Donegal.  In  1725, 
Donegal  obtained  one-sixth  of  Boyd's  time,  and  he  served  them 
until  they  called  Anderson." — (Webster's  History  of  the  Presby- 
terian Church  of  America.  )  From  these  extracts  we  can  readily 
infer  that  there  was  an  organization  at  Donegal  earlier  than  has 
been  heretofore  recognized.  Andrew  Galbraith' s  land  adjoined 
the  Glebe  land  and  his  application  for  supplies  indicates  a  deep 
and  early  interest  in  matters  pertaining  to  the  Church. 

*  The  stream  from  Donegal  Spring  was  called  Little  Chicquesalunga 
Creek  in  a  deed  of  the  Rev.  Peter  Nissley,  situated  about  three-fourths  of 
a  mile  east  from  the  Church. 

On  the  4th  of  June,  1740,  two  hundred  acres  of  land  were 
deeded  to  the  "Rev.  James  Anderson,  Pastor,  John  Allison, 
James  Mitchel  and  David  Hayes,  Elders  of  the  Church,  by 
Thomas  Penn,  by  the  powers  and  authority  to  him  granted  by  the 
said  John  and  Richard  and  of  his  own  right."  —  (Patent  Deed.) 
This  was  bounded  on  the  north  by  the  land  of  James  Stephenson, 
and  on  the  south  by  Mary  Moderil  or  Mortheril  ;  on  the  east  by 
Andrew  Galbraith,  and  on  the  west  by  Ephraim  Moore's  land. 
One  month  after  the  receipt  of  the  patent  deed  the  Rev.  James 
Anderson  died.f 

t  From  this  we  learn  that  the  congregation  had  probably  occupied  the 
land  about  twenty  years  before  a  patent  had  been  received.  The  reason 
for  this  delay  is  obvious  when  we  recall  the  fact  that  William  Penn  died 
in  1 7 18  and  no  patents  were  issued  for  a  number  of  years  after  his  death. 


IO  THE    DONEGAL    PRESBYTERIAN    CHURCH. 

It  may  not  be  out  of  place  to  presume  that  the  present  Church  edifice  was 
not  erected  until  after  the  patent  was  granted.  There  were  no  trustees 
prior  to  the  receipt  of  the  patent,  as  the  deed  was  in  the  name  of  the 
Session  as  being  the  only  representatives  of  the  Church.  Not  as  stated  in 
the  paper  before  quoted  and  hung  in  the  Church:  "The  Trustees,  James, 
Andrew  and  John  Allison,  James  Mitchel  and  David  Hayes  procured  a 
patent,"  etc.  I  have  frequently  heard  the  statement  that  William  Penn 
had  presented  the  Glebe  land  to  the  Church.  The  patent  deed  clearly 
shows  that  it  was  paid  for,  as  all  other  tracts  were,  and  with  the  usual 
annual  ground  rents  of  one  shilling  for  every  hundred  acres  or  proportion 
thereof,  with  the  reservation  of  all  ores  and  minerals. 

September  nth,  1786,  a  charter  was  granted  to  the  Rev. 
Colin  McFarquhar,  John  Bailie,  James  Bailie,  James  Anderson, 
Robert  Spear,  Brice  Clark,  Samuel  Woods,  James  Muirhead  and 
Joseph  Little,  as  trustees  and  their  successors.  Nine  members 
constituted  the  Board  of  Trustees  until  March  29th,  1805,  when 
an  act  was  passed  reducing  the  number  to  three.  The  congrega- 
tion, no  doubt,  progressed  quietly  and  peacefully  (as  the  long 
pastorate  of  twenty-six  years  under  the  Rev.  Joseph  Tate  indi- 
cates) without  any  organization  but  the  Session.  They  found  it 
necessary  to  have  a  charter  in  order  to  sell  part  of  their  land, 
which  they  did  immediately  on  the  receipt  of  that  instrument. 
This  also  accounts  for  the  beginning  of  the  trustees'  records  in 
1786  ;  prior  to  this  date  their  records  were  kept  by  the  Session 
and  are  lost.  • 

As  these  nine  members  were  constituted  the  first  Board  of 
Trustees  by  an  act  of  Assembly,  it  may  be  interesting  to  the 
reader  to  know  the  proceedings  of  their  first  and  some  of  their 
subsequent  meetings.  At  this  time  we  have  the  beginning  of 
the  only  authentic  records  of  the  Church.  The  following  is  a 
verbatim  copy  of  their  proceedings  at  the  first  meeting,  held  at 
Donegal,  November  15th,  1786  : 

' '  When  being  convened  the  Rev.  Colin  McFarquhar,  Messrs. 
Robert  Spear,  John  Bailie,  James  Bailie,  James  Muirhead,  Samuel 
Woods,  Brice  Clark  and  Joseph  Little — Mr.  James  Anderson 
was  absent — who  were  all  chosen  and  appointed  trustees  by  the 
members  of  the  congregation  of  Donegal  met  together  for  that 
purpose,  and  said  trustees  having  now  taken  their  seats  in  that 


THE    DONEGAL   PRESBYTERIAN    CHURCH.  II 

capacity,  agreeable  to  an  act  of  the  Assembly  of  Pennsylvania, 
passed  for  incorporating  the  said  congregation,  did  proceed  to 
choose  their  President,  Secretary  and  Treasurer,  when  they  did 
as  they  hereby  do  make  choice  of  the  Rev.  Colin  McFarquhar 
for  their  President,  Mr.  Joseph  Little  for  their  Secretary  and 
Mr.  Samuel  Woods  for  their  Treasurer.  The  trustees  have,  as 
they  hereby  appoint  their  Secretary,  to  purchase  a  book  for 
having  their  proceedings  recorded  therein.  The  trustees  took 
into  their  consideration  a  legacy  of  one  hundred  pounds  currency 
which  was  bequeathed  in  the  latter  will  and  testament  of  the 
late  Samuel  Scott,  a  member  of  this  congregation  of  Donegal, 
which  sum  was  appointed  in  the  will  to  be  settled  as  a  perpetual 
fund  for  the  benefit  of  the  congregation.  The  trustees  have 
appointed  the  following  persons  to  collect  the  Minister's  salary 
or  any  part  thereof  due  before  January,  1787,  viz.:  Mr.  Robert 
Spear  in  Big  Chiques  quarter,  Mr.  John  Baillie  in  Mill  Creek 
quarter,  Thomas  Baillie,  Jun. ,  in  the  Riverside  quarter,  Mr.  Brice 
Clark  in  the  meeting-house  quarter,  Mr.  Samuel  Woods  in  the 
Cania  quarter,  Mr.  James  Moorehead  in  the  Mount  Joy  quarter, 
and  Mr.  Joseph  Little  in  the  Little  Chiques  quarter,  who  are 
hereby  authorized  to  certify  to  those  who  have  been  hitherto 
remiss  in  paying  their  proportion  of  salary,  and  that  in  a  short 
space  of  time  after  this  they  will  be  sued  in  law,  by  order  of  the 
trustees.  The  trustees  adjourned  to  the  eighth  day  of  January 
next,  then  to  meet  at  Donegal  meeting-house. 

"  Signed  by  Colin  McFarquhar,  Pres 7. 
"Attested  by  Joseph  Little,1  Sec." 

"Jan.  8th,  1787. — The  trustees  of  the  congregation  of 
Donegal  met  according  to  adjournment  ;  the  President  being 
absent,  John  Baillie  was  unanimously  chosen  in  his  room  ;  the 
congregation  being  met  at  the  same  time,  their  votes  are  taken 
respecting  the  Glebe  land  belonging  to  said  congregation.  Now, 
it  is  the  unanimous  vote  of  this  congregation,  now  met,  to  put 


1  Proper  names  are  differently  spelled  in  the  Church  Records  and  on  the  tombstones  ; 
for  example:  Little,  Litle  and  Lytle;  Hayes  and  Hays;  Muirhead  and  Moorehead,  etc.,  being 
the  same  family  names,  the  writer  has  given  them  as  found,  not  deeming  it  proper  to  make 
any  alteration. 


12  THE    DONEGAL   PRESBYTERIAN    CHURCH. 

the  Glebe  land  into  the  hands  of  the  trustees  for  to  be  sold  by 
them  or  their  successors,  only  reserving  thirty  acres  of  said  land 
for  the  use  of  said  congregation. 

• '  By  order  of  said  congregation 

"Joseph  Little,  Clerk. 
"The  trustees  adjourned  to  the  15th  of  February,  to  meet 
then  at  Donegal  meeting-house. 

"  Signed  by  Colin  McFarquhar,  Pres't." 

On  the  28th  of  February,  1787,  the  trustees,  according  to 
the  action  of  the  preceding  meeting,  exposed  at  public  sale  the 
Glebe  land,  reserving  thirty  acres  for  the  use  of  the  congregation. 
The  result  of  this  sale  is  shown  by  the  following  minutes  : 

"At  Donegal  meeting-house,  the  twenty-third  day  of  March, 
one  thousand  seven  hundred  and  eighty-seven,  when  the  trustees 
being  met,  convened  the  Rev.  Colin  McFarquhar,  Messrs. 
Robert  Spear,  James  Moorehead,  Joseph  Little,  Brice  Clark  and 
Samuel  Woods  ;  absent  James  Anderson,  John  Baillie  and  James 
Baillie.  This  meeting  being  intended  for  consulting  with  James 
Moorehead,  the  purchaser  of  said  Glebe  land.  The  proper 
measures  for  conveying  the  said  land  to  the  said  purchaser,  and 
for  receiving  from  him,  the  said  purchaser,  a  satisfactory  se- 
curity for  the  same;  and  the  trustees,  judging  that  in  order  to 
issue  this  matter  properly  a  member  of  their  body  should  be 
nominated  and  chosen  for  this  purpose,  did  accordingly  nominate 
as  they  do  hereby  nominate  and  appoint  Mr.  Brice  Clark  to 
prepare  the  several  writings  necessary,  which  the  said  Mr.  Brice 
Clark  undertook  to  perform  with  all  convenient  speed. 

"Signed  Colin  McFarquhar,  Pres't 
"Attested  Joseph  Little,  See." 

There  is  no  account  in  the  records  of  the  sum  paid  for  the 
land,  only  that  the  purchaser  is  to  pay  six  per  cent,  interest. 
There  are  other  entries  in  the  records  of  the  trustees  that  may  be 
of  interest.    The  following  item  may  be  a  historical  reminiscence  : 

"April  16th,  1787,  the  trustees  took  under  consideration  a 
certain  donation  that  was  lodged  in  the  hands  of  James  Work 


THE    DONEGAL   PRESBYTERIAN    CHURCH.  1 3 

for  the  use  of  the  congregation  of  Donegal  by  a  certain  William 
Moore,  deceased,  which  we  find  was  lost  by  Continental  Money; 
therefore  the  trustees  do  acquit  the  aforesaid  James  Work  of  the 
aforesaid  donation.  "Joseph  Little,  Sec." 

The  David  Jamison  legacy  bequeathed  to  Donegal  Church 
was  entailed  (before  the  adoption  of  the  United  States  Constitu- 
tion) on  land  situated  between  Elizabethtown  and  Bainbridge. 
The  entailment  has  not  been  removed  and  is  being  paid  at  the 
present  time,  although  the  land  has  been  divided  into  several 
tracts,  the  present  owners  paying  their  pro  rata.  The  first 
account  of  this  legacy  is  as  follows  : 

"Date  last  mentioned  (June  4th,  1787)  Samuel  Woods, 
executor  of  David  Jamison's  estate,  paid  unto  the  trustees  of 
Donegal  congregation  the  sum  of  Twelve  pounds,  it  being  a 
donation  out  of  said  Jamison's  estate  for  two  years  to  said  con- 
gregation, for  which  sum  Woods  obtained  a  receipt. 
"Signed  by  Mr.  Colin  McFarquhar  and  Joseph  Little." 

The  following  extract  from  the  minutes  is  given  as  an  illus- 
tration of  the  treasurer's  account  of  the  expenditures  and  also 
the  auditors'  report  of  their  examination  of  the  proceedings  of 

the  trustees  :  ,.  , 

£.     s.         d. 

"June  1 2th,  1787,  Mr.  Samuel  Woods,  by  order 
of  the  trustees,  has  paid  into  the  hand  of  Joseph 
Little  for  the  use  of  Jacob  Baillie  for  printing 
advertisements  for  the  sale  of  the  Glebe  land  the 

sum  of 15 

As  also  to  Mr.  McFarquhar  when  going  to  synod  .  2  5 
As  also  to  James  Craig  for  surveying  the  Glebe  .  .  1  10 
As  also   to   Brice   Clark   for  the  purchase  of  the 

trustees'    book 11 

As  also  to  Mr.  McFarquhar  who  purchased  a  large 

Bible  for  the  use  of  the  congregation 1      10 

As  also  paid  into  the  hand  of  Brice  Clark,  by  order 
of  the  trustees  for  to  pay  the  whritings  belonging 
to  the  Glebe 5 


14         THE  DONEGAL  PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH. 

"We,  the  commissions  of  accounts  to  settle  with  the  trustees 
of  Donegal  congregation,  have  examined  their  proceedings  and 
do  find  that  they  have  acted  honestly  and  justly  and  according 
to  the  approbation  of  the  congregation  in  our  opinion.  Given 
under  our  hand  this  ist  day  of  August,  A.  Dom.,  1787. 

"Joseph  Work, 
"Wm.  Clingan, 
"  John  Watson." 

The  Rev.  McFarquhar  kept  the  accounts  of  the  stipends,  as 
appears  from  an  old  book  in  the  possession  of  the  present  (1897) 
Board  of  Trustees  and  also  from  the  following  extract  from  a 
report  of  a  committee  of  trustees  to  settle  with  Mr.  McFarquhar : 

"November  25th,  1788. — Mr.  McFarquhar  produced  an 
account  against  the  congregation  and  from  April,  1784,  to  April, 
1788,  amounting  to  twenty  pounds  for  keeping  the  congregation 
books  as  their  clerk. 

"Wm.  Kelly, 
"James  Cook, 
"John  Whitehill,  Jun'r." 

"May  nth,  1789. — An  election  held  for  trustees  for 
Donegal  congregation,  were  unanimously  chosen,  viz. :  the  Rev. 
Colin  McFarquhar,  Hugh  Pedan,  Samuel  Woods,  John  White- 
hill,  Zachariah  Moore,  James  Cooke,  Brice  Clark,  William  Kelly 
and  John  Watson  to  serve  for  1789." 

The  following  is  the  first  account  of  the  graveyard  wall  in 
the  minutes  of  July  29th,  1790  : 

' '  The  graveyard  wall  is  unanimously  agreed  to  be  sufficiently 
done  in  a  workmanlike  manner,  four  feet  above  ground  and  set 
on  a  good  foundation,  and  eighteen  inches  broad  ;  and  the 
persons  nominated  to  attend  to  this  business  are  Richard  Keys, 
James  Cook  and  James  Wilson  and  to  see  that  it  is  completely 

finished-  "John  Whitehill,  Sec." 


THE    DONEGAL   PRESBYTERIAN    CHURCH.  15 

At  a  meeting  of  the  trustees,  April  9th,  1791,  the  following 
appointments  were  made  : 

"The  trustees  do  appoint  Col.  Alexander  Lowry,  Brice 
Clark  and  Zachariah  Moore  as  a  committee  to  meet  with  the 
trustees  appointed  to  build  the  graveyard  wall  to  settle  with 
them  when  they  shall  call  on  them.  The  final  settlement  was 
made  June  6th,  1791." 

The  following  resolution  and  the  action  of  the  congregation 
needs  no  explanation  : 

"Feb.  13th,  1799,  convened  to  take  the  sense  of  the  con- 
gregation what  to  do  with  the  money. — Resolved,  that  as 
Congress  has  enabled  the  President  of  the  United  States  to  open 
a  loan  of  five  millions  of  dollars,  to  be  redeemed  on  the  faith  of 
the  United  States,  for  which  they  will  pay  at  the  rate  of  eight 
per  centum  per  annum,  and  that  quarterly,  and  that  it  is  the 
sense  of  the  trustees  that  the  members  of  this  congregation  shall 
meet  at  Donegal  meeting-house  on  Saturday  next,  23d,  at  eleven 
o'clock,  to  consult  whether  it  will  not  be  for  the  benefit  of  this 
congregation  to  put  their  funds  in  said  loan.      By  order  of  the 

President.  ,,  .  T  _ 

Alexander  Lowry,  Pres. 


"Feb.  23d,    1799,  voted  and  lost  the  motion. — Agreeable 

to   notice  given   the  preceding   Sabbath   according  to   law  the 

congregation  met  and  the  above  motion  carried  in  the  negative, 

six  to  one. 

"John  Whitehill,  Sec. 

"At  an  election  held  at  Donegal  meeting-house,  Tuesday, 
the  13th  day  of  May,  1800,  the  following  gentlemen  were 
unanimously  elected  trustees  for  the  ensuing  year,  viz. :  Messrs. 
Alexander  Lowry,  Samuel  Cook,  Zachariah  Moore,  Brice  Clark, 
John  Whitehill,  John  Hayes,  Thomas  Baillie,  Samuel  S.  Gal- 
braith,  Joseph  Little,  settlers  Alexander  Boggs,  Samuel  Evans, 
Dr.  John  Watson." 


l6  THE    DONEGAL    PRESBYTERIAN    CHURCH. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  trustees,  Nov.  19th,  1800,  the  following- 
bill  was  presented  and  approved,  to  which  I  will  make  special 
reference  subsequently  : 

' '  The  congregation  of  Donegal  to  Zachariah  Moore.     Dr. 

£.       s.       d. 
To  wood  for  the  stove  in  the  meeting-house  ...  10 

To  cash  paid  Jacob  Greable  for  wood,    do      .    .    .  76 

To  hauling  two  loads  of  lath  and  one  of  boards  for 

and  towards  covering  the  meeting-house     ...        1      15 
To  cash  paid  John  Smith  for  breaking  a  door  in 

the  end  of  the  meeting-house 15 

"Approved  by  the  President. 

"John  Hays,  President  pro  tern. 
' '  For  which  an  order  was  given  on  the  Treasurer. 
"John  Whitehill,  Sec."  "Signed  John  Hays. 

The  following  extract  from  the  proceedings  of  the  trustees 
explains  itself  : 

"At  an  election  held  at  Donegal  meeting-house,  May  14th, 
1805,  were  chosen  trustees  for  the  ensuing  year,  viz.:  Brice 
Clark,  John  Whitehill  and  Robert  Spear."  (N.  B.— This  is  the 
first  election  for  trustees  after  the  number  being  reduced  to  three 
by  a  supplement  to  the  law  )  "The  auditors  elected  at  this 
time  were  John  Watson,  Joseph  Litle  and  John  Pedan." 

The  first  account  of  dollars  and  cents  is  dated  Nov.  30th, 
1807.  The  accounts  prior  to  that  time  were  kept  in  £.  s.  d. 
until  June,  1809,  when  the  £.  s.  d.  were  entirely  dropped.  The 
study  house  was  built  in  1810-11.  The  trustees  at  this  time 
were:  for  18 10,  Alexander  Boggs,  Dr.  John  Watson  and  Robert 
Spear;  and  for  181 1,  Brice  Clark,  James  Anderson  and  James 
Whitehill.  The  only  record  is  the  receipts  for  material  and 
work,  and  dated  September,  October  and  December,  181 1.  This 
was  subsequently  altered  into  a  dwelling-house  and  is  at  present 
occupied  by  the  sexton.  An  extension  to  the  graveyard  was 
made  in  1834,  °f  which  there  is  no  record  except  credits  paid 
for  material  for  the  wall. 

It  is  said  that  the  congregation  (sometime  during  our  Revolu- 
tionary struggle)   surrounded   the  large  white  oak   tree  which 


THE    DONEGAL    PRESBYTERIAN    CHURCH.  17 

stands  near  the  east  end  of  the  Church  and  pledged  their 
allegiance  to  the  cause  of  the  Colonies  against  Great  Britain  ; 
there  are  several  versions  of  the  story,  which  may  be  true  in  the 
main  features,  though  we  have  no  evidence  but  tradition  ;  at  all 
events,  later  enthusiasm  has  conferred  upon  this  tree  the  title  of 
' '  Witness  tree. ' ' 

At  a  meeting  of  the  congregation  held  June  6th,  1851,  the 
trustees  were  unanimously  authorized  and  instructed  to  sell  all 
the  land  belonging  to  the  Church  west  of  a  line  about  sixty  feet 
from  and  parallel  with  the  western  wall  of  the  graveyard,  and 
that  part  of  the  proceeds  arising  from  the  sale  of  the  said  land 
be  applied  to  repairing  and  remodeling  the  Church  edifice,  and 
the  plan  of  repairing  and  remodeling  be  left  to  the  trustees.  At 
the  same  meeting,  land  was  granted  for  the  purpose  of  erecting 
a  school-house  thereon — this  was  built  and  occupied  for  a  number 
of  years.  When  the  Directors  of  East  Donegal  Township 
purchased  a  plot  of  ground  a  short  distance  south-east  from  the 
Church,  they  removed  the  house  on  the  Church  ground  and  built 
the  present  structure.  The  action  of  the  congregation  was 
ratified  by  the  Session,  which  consisted  of  the  following  members: 
Rev.  J.  L.  Rodgers,  Pastor,  John  Clark  and  Col.  James  Pat- 
terson, Elders.  The  trustees  for  1851,  who  did  the  remodeling, 
were  Dr.  Nathaniel  Watson,  John  M.  Hoover  and  James  A. 
Patterson.* 

*  James  A.  Patterson  resigned  before  the  remodeling  was  completed 
and  S.  Smith  Patterson  chosen  in  his  place. 

Before  the  remodeling  in  1851,  the  exterior  of  the  Church 
was  not  plastered,  the  windows  and  doors  were  arched  ;  there 
were  three  entrance  doors,  one  on  the  south,  one  on  the  east 
and  one  on  the  west  end  of  the  Church  building  ;  the  aisles  leading 
from  these  doors  were  paved  with  bricks  ;  four  large  pillars 
supported  the  ceiling  (these  may  still  be  seen  at  Mount  Joy,  on 
the  east  side  of  Mr.  Harry  Newcomer's  hardware  store);  the 
pulpit,  with  the  precentor's  seat  on  its  front  and  a  high  sounding- 
board  overhead,  was  on  the  north  side  ;  the  pews  were  of  the 
high,  square-box  variety,  in  which  '  'tired  Nature's  sweet  restorer" 
found  little  comfort. 


THE  DONEGAL  PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH. 


It  is  sad  to  see  all  these  old  memorials  changed  and  passing 
away ;  the  ruthless  hand  of  modern  improvement  spares  not  the 
haunts  and  loved  objects  of  our  boyhood  days.  The  future 
historian  will  find  as  many  changes  in  old  Donegal  and  its 
environs  as  we  of  to-day  recognize  in  the  transformations  wrought 
in  the  past  half-century.  The  mind  is  lost  in  wonder  and  amaze- 
ment when  contemplating  the  rapid  advance  in  every  department 
of  thought  and  human  industry. 

In  remodeling  the  old  building  the  large  pillars,  pulpit, 
pews  and  brick-covered  aisles  were  removed  ;  the  interior  was 
laid  with  a  substantial  board  floor  ;  a  vestibule  divided  off  at  the 
east  end  ;  the  south  and  west  entrances  closed,  and  a  new  one 
made  in  the  east  end  in  addition  to  the  one  already  there ;  square 
window  and  door  frames  were  substituted  for  the  old  arched 
ones,  and  the  exterior  was  plastered  to  hide  the  unsightly  joints 
of  the  old  with  the  new  wall,  so  that  nothing  remains  to  remind 
us  of  the  ancient  structure  except  the  hip  roof.  The  material  of 
the  old  pulpit  and  pews  was  used  in  their  reconstruction  but  so 
much  changed  that  one  unacquainted  with  the  alteration  would 
not  recognize  it.* 


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*  "  Fac-simile  of  a  plan  of  Donegal  meeting-house,  December  25th, 
1766,  from  a  drawing  by  Bertram  Galbraith.—  The  above  plan  represents 
the  building  as  it  stood  up  to  the  year  1772,  when  it  was  remodeled  by 
Col.  Hugh  Pedan,  Peter  Acker  and  Henry  Cassel,  trustees.   Then  a  door- 


THE    DONEGAL   PRESBYTERIAN    CHURCH.  19 

way  was  cut  at  each  end  of  the  main  aisle  ;  the  windows  were  enlarged." 
— Columbia,  April  28th,  1877. 

"The  foregoing  plan  of  the  interior  remained  intact  until  the  year  1851. 
In  the  year  1772  a  slight  change  was  made  in  the  building  by  cutting  a 
doorway  in  the  end  walls  which  gave  an  entrance  to  the  large  aisle  ;  the 
old  window  frames,  which  had  arched  tops  and  sash  with  small  panes  of 
glass,  were  taken  out  and  the  frames  and  sash  now  in  the  walls  were 
substituted." — Columbia,  Pa.,  August  2d,  1892. 

The  above  two  statements  are  copies  from  a  printed  and  framed 
description  hung  up  in  the  Church  at  Donegal.  The  following  is  from 
Notes  and  Queries  by  Dr.  Egle,  of  Harrisburg  (No.  4  series,  vol.  I.,  page 
229  reprint),  written  by  the  same  person  as  the  above  two  extracts: 
"The  foregoing  plan  of  Donegal  Church  shows  the  arrangement  of  the 
pulpit,  pews,  aisles  and  entrance  doorway  on  the  east  side  of  the  building 
facing  the  graveyard  from  the  time  of  its  erection  in  1730  to  1774,  when 
Captain  Zachariah  Moore  and  Hugh  Pedan  remodeled  the  building  by 
cutting  a  doorway  in  the  south  and  west  end,  putting  in  square-head 
window  frames  in  place  of  the  old  circular-head  ones,  and  new  sashes 
with  large  panes."  These  extracts  were  written  by  the  same  person,  and 
that  neither  of  these  three  statements  of  the  same  remodeling  of  the 
Church,  differing  in  dates,  the  persons  who  did  the  work  and  character  of 
the  work,  can  be  correct  is  proven  by  the  following  item  taken  from  a 
bill  in  the  original  minutes  of  the  trustees,  the  account  of  which  is  given 
on  page  16  of  this  work  :  Zachariah  Moore's  account,  Nov.  19th,  1800 : — 
"To  cash  paid  John  Smith  for  breaking  a  door  in  the  meeting-house, 
15  shillings."  In  the  extracts  above  quoted  it  is  said  "a  doorway  was 
cut  in  the  end  walls  in  1772  ;"  again  "a  door  was  cut  at  each  end  of  the 
aisle  in  1772  by  Hugh  Pedan,  Peter  Acker  and  Henry  Cassel,"  and  two 
years  afterwards  (1774)  "  Hugh  Pedan  and  Zachariah  Moore  cut  a  door- 
way in  the  south  and  west  end."  It  is  recorded  in  the  minutes  of  the 
trustees  above  quoted  that  Zachariah  Moore  had  a  doorway  broken  in  the 
meeting-house  in  1800,  just  twenty-eight  years  after  the  events  recorded  in 
the  foregoing  extracts.  In  two  of  the  above  statements  it  is  said  that  "The 
windows  with  circular-arched  top  frames  were  taken  out  and  square  ones 
put  in  their  places,  in  1772  and  1774."  This  was  not  done  until  185 1  when 
Dr.  Nathaniel  Watson,  John  M.  Hoover  and  James  A.  Patterson  re- 
modeled the  Church.  Mr.  James  A.  Patterson  testifies  to  the  fact  of  the 
arched  window  frames  being  taken  out  and  square  ones  put  in  their  places 
in  1 85 1.  My  own  recollection  of  the  arched  window  frames  is  distinct,  as 
well  as  other  persons  who  are  still  living.  We  will  leave  the  reader  judge 
as  to  the  correctness  of  these  statements.  The  object  in  adding  this 
somewhat  lengthy  note  is  to  demonstrate  the  fact  that  the  time  of  building 
and  remodeling  the  Church  is  not  known,  and  that  many  things  which 
have  been  written  and  published  concerning' Donegal  Church  are  incorrect 
and  unreliable. 


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represent  the  location  of  the  Church  building".  X,  represents 
the  location  of  the  sexton's  house.  G,  R,  the  graveyard. 
S,  represents  the  spring,  the  stream  from  which  constituted  a 
part  of  the  original  boundary  line.  The  dotted  lines  represent  the 
roads  as  at  present  located.  S,  T,  represent  the  location  of 
the  Mansion  house  of  the  Stephenson  farm  (now  Cameron's). 
This  property  was  patented  by  James  Stephenson.  It  was 
deeded  to  his  grandson,  David  Watson,  in  1780.  David  Wat- 
son and  wife  deeded  it  to  their  son,  Dr.  John  Watson,  whose 
son,  Dr.  Nathaniel  Watson,  sold  it  to  the  Hon.  Simon  Cameron 
in  1872. 

The  Pastors  of  Donegal  Church. 

For  the  purpose  of  a  better  apprehension  of  the  first  pastor- 
ate of  Donegal  Church  and  the  relation  which  it  sustained  to  the 
first  Presbytery  of  the  Church  in  America,  it  may  be  well  to 
invite  attention  to  a  brief  outline  of  that  organization.  "The 
first  leaf  of  the  records  of  the  first  Presbytery  being  lost,  the 
book  opens  with  the  brethren  in  session  at  Freehold  on  a 
Thursday,  engaged  in  examining  Boyd  for  ordination.  They 
held  'Sederunt  2d'  on  Friday  ;  sustained  his  trial  on  the  Lord's 
Day,  Dec.  27th,  1706  ;  his  ordination  was  performed  at  the 
meeting-house  in  this  place  before  a  numerous  assembly."  — 
(Webster's  History  of  the  Presbyterian.  Church  in  America.} 
"The  original  members,  as  far  as  can  be  ascertained  from  the 
minutes,  were  Francis  Makamie,  Jedediah  Andrews,  George 
McNish,  John  Hampton,  John  Wilson,  Nathaniel  Taylor  and 
Samuel  Davis.  To  these  may  be  added  John  Boyd,  who  became 
a  member  by  ordination  in  1706."  —  (Charles  Hodges' s  History 
of  the  Presbyterian  Church,  page  94.)  The  second  meeting  was 
held  in  Philadelphia.  We  will  pass  over  the  subsequent  meet- 
ings, except  to  say  that  aid  was  solicited  from  Europe,  and  that 
with  the  cheerful  concurrence  of  the  brethren  some  of  them  at 
various  times  made  application  to  different  places.  "In  17 10 
Wilson  and  Anderson  wrote  to  the  Synod  of  Glasgow." — (Web- 
ster's History,  page  94.)  It  may  be  observed  that  the  name  of 
Anderson     is    mentioned    the   first  time  in  the   history.      The 


22  THE    DONEGAL   PRESBYTERIAN    CHURCH. 

intercourse  of  the  brethren  during  nine  years  was  harmonious 
and  happy.  Quiet,  steady  growth  in  numbers  marked  each 
successive  meeting. 

"  The  Presbytery  of  Philadelphia  met  in  that  city  on  Tues- 
day, September  18th,  17 16.  On  Friday,  the  21st,  they  resolved 
to  divide  themselves  into  subordinate  meetings,  or  Presbyteries, 
which  consisted  of :  first,  the  Presbytery  of  Philadelphia  ;  second, 
the  Presbytery  of  Newcastle  ;  third,  Snowhill,  and  fourth,  Long 
Island.  The  following  were  the  members  of  Newcastle,  viz. : 
Messrs.  Anderson,  McGill,  Gillespie,  Witherspoon,  Evans  and 
Conn." — (Webster's  History.} 

The  name  of  Anderson  again  appears.  The  ministers  who 
served  as  pastors  of  Donegal  will  be  noticed  in  the  order  of  their 
ministration. 

The  first  pastor  of  Donegal,  "The  Rev.  James  Anderson 
was  born  in  Scotland,  November  17th,  1678  ;  he  was  ordained 
by  Irvine  Presbytery,  November  17th,  1708  ;  he  arrived  in  this 
country  April  22d,  1709  ;  he  settled  in  Newcastle  ;  he  was 
called  to  supply  a  church  in  the  city  of  New  York,  where  he 
remained  until  1726  ;  he  was  called,  September  24th,  to  Donegal 
on  the  Susquehanna  and  accepted  it  ;  he  was  installed  the  last 
Wednesday  in  August.  1727." — (Webster's  History.) 

"  The  Donegal  Presbytery  was  organized  and  held  its  first 
meeting  at  Donegal,  Oct.  nth,  1732,  and  consisted  of  Messrs. 
Anderson,  Boyd,  Orr,  Thompson  of  Chestnut  Level,  and  he 
proposed  to  Donegal  Presbytery  to  employ  an  itinerant  in  Vir- 
ginia. In  April,  1738,  Anderson  was  sent  to  Virginia,  bearing 
a  letter  to  the  government  of  Virginia  soliciting  its  favor  in  be- 
half of  our  interests.  The  Synod  provided  supplies  for  his  pulpit 
and  allowed  for  his  expenses  in  a  manner  suitable  to  his  design. 
Anderson  performed  his  mission  satisfactorily.  He  married 
Mistress  Suit  Garland,  daughter  of  Sylvester  Garland,  of  the 
head  of  Apoquinomy,  February,  1712-13.  She  died  December 
24th,  1736.  He  married  Rebecca  Crawford,  Dec.  27th,  1737." 
— (Webster's  History,  page  332.) 

Anderson  died  July  16th,  1740.  (He  and  his  wife,  Suit,  are 
buried  at  Donegal,  grave  No.  127.)    "  His  son,  Garland  Ander- 


THE    DONEGAL    PRESBYTERIAN    CHURCH.  23 

son,  was  one  of  the  witnesses  of  Andrew's  will  (Jedediah)  in 
1742.  He  married  Jane,  daughter  of  Peter  Chevalier,  of 
Philadelphia  ;  he  died  early.  His  daughter,  Elizabeth,  married 
Samuel  Breeze  and  resided  in  New  York  ;  a  woman  of  great 
excellence. " — (  Webster' s  History. ) 

The  list  of  the  Rev.  James  Anderson's  children  is  from  a 
mutilated  leaf  of  his  family  bible.  In  his  will  the  names  of 
James,  Susannah  and  Thomas  alone  occur,  but  he  refers  to  all 
his  children.  He  left  a  large  estate,  including  the  present  site  of 
Marietta,  the  ferry  called  "Anderson's  Ferry"  and  land  on  the 
opposite  side  of  the  river. 

The  will  of  the  Rev.  James  Anderson  (a  true  copy).  — "  The 
last  will  and  testament  of  James  Anderson  of  Donegal  in  Lan- 
caster County.  Imprimis.  I  give  and  bequeath  to  my  dearly 
beloved  wife,  Rebecca  Anderson,  the  half  of  this  plantation 
whereon  I  now  live,  including  the  house,  barn,  run  to  or  about 
the  place  where  Bank's  house  and  improvements  was,  with  some 
land  at  the  riverside  bottom,  during  her  natural  life  ;  also  I  give 
and  bequeath  to  her  assigns  forever  the  third  part  of  my 
moveable  estate  and  ye  use  and  services  of  the  negro  wench 
Dinah  while  she  and  Dinah  lives.  In  the  next  place,  I  give  and 
bequeath  to  my  son  James  the  other  half  of  this  plantation  to 
him,  his  heirs  and  assigns  forever,  to  the  possession  of  which 
he  is  to  enter  when  at  age  or  marries,  and  that  piece  of  land 
over  the  river  opposite  to  the  place  I  also  give  to  him  and  his 
heirs  forever.  I  have  payd  and  have  a  warrant  in  lien  under 
the  hand  of  Receiver  General  and  paid  for  the  patent  to  Mr. 
Peter's  to  him  and  his  heirs  and  assigns  forever.  I  also  give 
and  bequeath  to  him  the  negro  man  Pline  to  him  and  his  heirs 
and  assigns  forever  ;  this  in  the  meantime  my  will  is  that  he  pay 
one-half  of  the  mortgage  and  quit  rent  yearly  till  all  the  mortgage 
be  payed.  Item  :  I  give  to  my  daughter  Susannah  the  negro 
wench  Bell  to  her  and  her  heirs.  Item  :  I  give  to  my  dearly 
beloved  wife  Rebecca  my  son  Thomas  as  her  own  son  and  child 
to  be  brought  up  by  her  as  her  own  in  the  way  she  shall  see 
cause.  Tho'  my  desire  is  that  if  possible  that  he  may  be  brought 
up  to  learning  and  particularly  to  the  ministry,  and  that  half  of 


24  THE    DONEGAL    PRESBYTERIAN    CHURCH. 

the  plantation  that  I  have  left  to  my  wife  during  her  natural  life 
fall  in  after  her  descease  to  him  and  his  heirs  and  assigns  forever. 
The  remains  of  my  estate,  if  there  be  any,  my  will  is  that  it  be 
equally  divided  between  all  my  children.  Item  :  My  will  that 
if  any  of  my  children  die  without  heirs  ys  that  is  hereby  left  to 
them  shall  be  equally  divided  between  all  the  rest.  Item  :  I 
leave  my  said  dearly  beloved  wife  sole  and  only  executrix  of  this 
my  last  will.  Item :  I  give  to  my  niece  Susannah  Rradford 
those  bills  and  bonds  which  belonged  to  my  former  fatherinlaw, 
now  in  the  hands  of  Mr.  Sherer  of  Newcastle. 

"J a.  Anderson. 

"This  14th  day  of  July,  1740,  witness  William  Allison,  Robert 
Allison." 

"Be  it  remembered,  that  on  the  22d  of  July,  Anno  Dom: 
1740,  the  last  will  and  testament  of  James  Anderson,  Dec'd,  was 
proven  in  due  form  of  law  and  administration  with  the  Testament 
of  the  Said  Dec'd  annexed  was  granted  unto  Rebecca  Anderson 
and  Garland  Anderson  (the  executrix  having  renounced)  they 
having  first  given  Bond  well  and  truly  to  administer  the  Said 
Deceased's  Estate  and  bring  an  inventory  thereof  unto  the  regis- 
ter's office  in  Lancaster  County  on  or  before  the  24th  day  of 
August  next  and  also  to  render  an  account  of  Said  Administra- 
tion on  or  before  the  24th  day  of  July,  1741. 

' '  Given  under  the  Seal  of  Said  Office 

"  Sa.  Blunstan  Dep.  Regter. " 

All  his  children  were  his  first  wife's.  His  son  Garland  be- 
comes one  of  his  administrators,  although  not  mentioned  in  his 
will  as  a  legatee. 

The  following  abstract  from  the  will  of  his  son,  James 
Anderson  (No.  2),  and  a  quotation  from  a  deed  is  inserted  as 
corroborative  evidence  to  the  chart  of  the  family  on  pages  27  and 
28  :  Abstract  of  the  will  of  James  Anderson  (No.  2)  dated 
1790  :  "Wife  Margaret,  son  James  Anderson  (No.  3),  son  in 
law  William  Kelly,  three  grandchildren,  Elizabeth,  John  and 
Ruth  Kelly,  children  of  my  daughter,  Susannah  ;  grandson 
James  Anderson  (No.   4),  granddaughter  Margaret  Anderson, 


THE    DONEGAL   PRESBYTERIAN    CHURCH.  25 

grandson  Joseph  Tate  Anderson,  granddaughter  Ruth  Ander- 
son, grandson  Thomas  Anderson  and  grandson  William  Ander- 
son.     Executors,  my  wife,  son  James  and  Richard  Keys." 

Quotation  from  deed  between  Thomas  and  James  Anderson  : 
"This  indenture  Sept.  2d,  1758,  between  Thomas  Anderson 
(No.  5),  of  Donegal  Township  yeoman,  and  Mary,  his  wife,  of 
the  one  part,  and  James  Anderson  (No.  2)  yeoman  of  the  other 
part,  whereas  James  Anderson  (No.  1),  deceased,  father  of  the 
above  named  Thomas  and  James  Anderson,  by  last  will,  duly 
executed  and  proved  among  other  things,  did  devise  and  be- 
queath unto  his  wife  Rebecca  one-half  part  of  his  plantation, 
whereon  at  the  time  of  executing  the  said  will  he  lived,  during 
her  natural  life,  and  after  her  decease  to  his  son  Thomas,  party 
to  these  presents,  and  the  other  half  part  to  his  son  James  Ander- 
son, party  to  these  presents,  etc." 

Quotation  from  deed  between  James  Anderson  (No.  2)  and 
wife  to  James  Anderson  (No.  3): 

"This  indenture,  made  the  22d  day  of  July,  1772,  between 
James  Anderson  and  Ruth,  his  wife,  of  the  Township  of  Done- 
gal, yeoman  of  the  one  part,  and  James  Anderson,  the  younger, 
son  of  the  said  James  Anderson,  of  the  same  township,  yeoman 
of  the  other  part,  witnesseth  that  the  James  Anderson  and  Ruth, 
his  wife,  for  and  in  consideration  of  natural  love  and  affection 
which  they  have  and  bear  for  and  towards  the  said  James  Ander- 
son, the  younger,  their  son,  and  for  his  better  preferment  and 
advancement  in  the  world  and  in  consideration  of  the  sum  of  five 
shilling  lawful  money  of  Pennsylvania  to  them  in  hand,  paid  by 
the  said  James  Anderson,  the  younger.  It  being  a  part  and 
parcel  of  a  certain  tract  of  land,  containing  305*  acres,  which  the 
Hon.  Proprietors  did  grant  a  patent,  bearing  date  1736,  to 
James  Anderson,  father  of  the  said  James  Anderson,  the  grantor, 
who  by  his  last  will  and  testament,  dated  the  14th  of  July, 
1740,  etc." 

*This  tract  covered  a  part  of  the  present  site  of  Marietta,  which  the 
Rev.  James  Anderson  bequeathed  to  his  wife  and  his  son,  James  Anderson 
^No.  2).     The  ferry  from  the  Lancaster  County  to  the  York  County  side 


26  THE  DONEGAL  PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH. 

of  the  river  was  established  by  the  Andersons  and  was  known  as  Ander- 
son's Ferry  for  a  number  of  years,  and  was  afterwards  known  as  Keesey's 
Ferry.  This  is  continued  at  the  present  time  by  steamboat  between 
Marietta  and  Accomac. 

The  list  of  the  Rev.  James  Anderson's  children  is  from  a 
mutilated  leaf  of  his  family  bible. 

His  son  James  Anderson  (No.  2)  lived  on  his  patrimonial 
estate.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Assembly  in  1776  and  1778-80. 
His  first  wife  was  the  daughter  of  Thomas  and  Mary  Bayley. 
His  second  wife  was  Margaret  Tate.  He  died  June  1st,  1790  ; 
buried  at  Donegal  (grave  No.  128). 

James  Anderson  (No.  3)  served  in  the  Revolution.  He  was 
twice  married.  His  first  wife  was  the  daughter  of  the  Rev. 
Joseph  Tate.  His  second  wife  was  Margaret  Chambers,  of 
Cumberland  Co. ,  Pa.      He  died  Dec.   13,  1799. 

James  Anderson  (No.  4)  was  twice  married  :  first,  to  Mary 
Bayley,  daughter  of  John  Bayley  ;  second,  to  Mary  McQueen. 
His  daughter  by  the  first  wife,  Mary  Bayley  Anderson,  married 
David  B.  Prince,  who  was  principal  of  York  Academy  from 
1819-66.  Their  children  were  David  Oaks,  James  Anderson 
and  Mary  Elizabeth  (surnamed  Prince).  James  Anderson 
(No.  4)  died  June  7th,  18 15.  He  was  buried  at  York,  Pa. 
His  son,  Joseph  Tate  Anderson,  was  a  druggist  in  Marietta,  Pa., 
with  whom  the  writer  was  well  acquainted.  He  was  a  member 
of  the  Society  of  the  Cincinnati.  He  was  twice  married  :  first, 
to  Jane  McMordie,  daughter  of  the  Rev.  Robert  McMordie,  a 
chaplain  in  the  Revolutionary  army  ;  second,  to  Cornelia  S. 
Rock,  of  Lititz,  Pa.      He  died  March  28th,  1857. 

The  writer  deems  it  more  appropriate  to  introduce  the  gene- 
alogical charts  of  the  Rev.  James  Anderson  and  his  descendants 
in  this  section  of  the  work,  rather  than  the  part  assigned  to  the 
families  of  the  Church.  His  descendants  are  very  numerous,  so 
that  it  is  impossible  to  trace  all  the  various  branches,  who  are 
widely  dispersed.      None  of  them  are  in  the  vicinity  of  Donegal. 

A  great-great-great-grandson,  Mr.  James  McMordie  Ander- 
son, and  son  of  Joseph  Tate  Anderson,  resides  in  Chicago,  to 
whom  the  writer  is  greatly  indebted  for  valuable  information. 


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A  Partial  Chart  of  the  John  Stewart  Family 


f  John  Stewart 
married  Mar- 
garet Harris, 
daughter     of 
Jno.  Harris 


John  Stewart 
Robert  Stewart 
Mary  M    btewart 
iseth  F.  Stewart 
Rev.  James  H.  Stewart 
George  R.  Stewart 
zd  wife's  son: 
Reuben  Stewart 


Ann  Stewart 
married 
Col.     David 
McNair 


'  George  Stewart,  died 

Jane  Stewart,  died 

John  Stewart,  died 

James  Stewart, M.D 

married 

ist,  Jane  Fuller, 

2d, Miller 

Margaret  Stewart 
married 
Joseph  Mathers 
Mary  Stewart,  died 

.         D  f  I1****™  H    Kelly,  died 

Ann  Bryson  Stewart    |    Ke°ecca  Jane  Kelly 
married    Joseph  -J        married      George      M 
Graham,  M.  O 
John  Harris  Kelly,  died 
-Kev.JosephClark  Kellyi 


J  Samuel  Mathers 


Kelly,  M.  D. 
I    George  McNair 

II    Maria  McNair 
Margaret  McNair 
Dunning  McNair 
David  McNair 
Wilkins  McNair 
I    Eliza  G.  Stewart 
married  Rev.  Jas 
Thompson 

Margaret  Stewart 
John  Gemmill  Stew- 


f  Jean  Stewart 

f  John  Stewart      ££|™ 

AnTe    Anni     married  Mar- 
Anderson.  |     garet  Harris. 


daughter  of 
the  Rev.  Jas 
Anderson, 
the  first  Pas- 
tor of  Done- 
gal Church. 


daughter     of  I 
Thos.  Harris 


George 
Stewart 
married  I 

Jean  —  |  James  Stewart 
Elizabeth 

Stewart 
trances   Stew- 
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Mary  Stewart 
married  Jas. 
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Thomas    H . 
Stewart 
married  Ann 
Gemmill 


f  Ann  Thompson 

married    ist,   John    J 
Bucher,  M.  D.;  2d,  Ja- 
cob Gemmili,  M.  D. 
Ja"e  Thompson,  died 
William  Thompson 
John  Stewart 
T.  Calvin  Stewart,  D  D 
Satiah  (Suit)  Stewart 
-—..'-   1       married  E   P    Waller 
be  hmsa"'ed   Eliza-       Jacob  Stewart   attorney 
bethStemman  Robert  Stewart,  MD 

Sarah  Stewart 
I   Wm.  T.  Stewart 
I    Robert  L.  Stewart,  D.  D 

Eliza  Stewart 
J    Thomas  Stewart,  M   D 
Frank  L.  Stewart 
married    Margaret   H. 
L       Stewart 
f  Charlotte  A.  Stewart 

Eliza  T.  Stewart 
J    Gcrge  H   Stewart 
Mary  Emeline  Stewart 
Z    Chappelle  Stewart 
I   Margaret  H.  Stewart 

1  homas  H.  Stewart 
J    Margaret  H   Stewart 

married  Francis  Laird 
J:       Stewart 
I    Mary  S.  Stewart 

married  Wm.  Brewster 
I    I  nomas  Francis  Stewart 
VVm.  Brown  Stewart 
Lucy  Morton  Stewart 
I    Wm.  T.  Stewart 

Mary  Jane  Stewart 
-  Ann  Eliza  Stewart 


Zach.  G.  Stewart, 
M  D.,  married' 
Jane  Laird 


George  H.  Stewart 
married      Emeline 
Chappelle 


Thomas  H.  Stewart 
married  Elizabeth 
Osborne 


Robert  Stewart 

married 

Lucy  Lowne 

Wi 


n.  B.  Stewart 
married 
Mary  Laird 
Anna  Maria  Stewart 


married     ist,  John    f  Anna  M.  Woolverton 

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Wm.  Kinsloe 
Mary  Linn  Stewart 


G. 


Robt.  Stewart 
married 
I    Mary  Wilson 


married     Rev 
I       W.  Shaiffer 
f  George  H.  Stewart 
I    Mary  Ann  Stewart 

Wilson  Stewart 
I    Jane  Stewart 
-!    Margaret  Stewart 
married      Thomas 
Smith 
Robert  Stewart 
I  Thomas  Stewart 


married  Edith  Beaver 
Emma  Shaiffer 
Anna  Shaiffer 
Satiah  (Suit)  Shaiffer 
Laura  A   Shaiffer 


Wilson  Smith 
Ann  Eliza  Smith 

married     Rev. 

Pressley 
William  Smith 
Robert  Smith 
Mary  Jane  Smith 


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THE    DONEGAL    PRESBYTERIAN    CHURCH.  29 

After  the  death  of  Anderson,   the  following  extracts  from 
the  minutes  of  Donegal  Presbytery  relate  to  Donegal  Church  : 
"  Presbytery  met  at  the  Forks  of  Brandywine  in  September, 

1740.  Mr.  Lyon  was  ordered  to  supply  Donegal  the  first  and 
third  Sabbath  of  this  month.  At  the  meeting  in  November,  Mr. 
McDowell  and  Mr.  Caven  were  to  supply  the  pulpit.     April  8th, 

1741,  there  was  a  call  from  Donegal  to  Mr.  Lyon,  and  Mr. 
Sankey  was  appointed  to  moderate  the  call.  Mr.  Lyon  and  Mc- 
Dowell to  supply  Donegal.  Forks  of  Brandywine,  July,  T741. — 
A  supplication  from  Donegal  requesting  Mr.  Lyon  to  answer 
their  call.  Mr.  Lyon  accepts  the  call.  Chestnut  Level,  Oct. 
8th,  1 74 1. — Mr.  Lyon  says  there  was  some  disturbance  at  Done- 
gal on  his  account.  His  case  was  deferred  until  our  next.  At 
the  meeting  of  Presbytery  at  Donegal,  Mr.  Lyon  returned  the 
call  to  Presbytery."  He  subsequently  relinquished  his  connec- 
tion with  the  Presbytery.  "  Mr.  Bell  ordered  to  supply  Done- 
gal the  third  Sabbath  of  each  month.  Mr.  Black  at  Donegal  the 
fifth  Sabbath  of  January,  1742.  Paxton,  April  7th,  1742. — 
Pursuant  to  a  supplication  from  Donegal,  Mr.  Black  is  appointed 
to  preach  there  and  to  moderate  in  forming  a  call  to  Mr.  Bell  on 
the  last  Tuesday  of  this  month.  Chestnut  Level,  June  15th, 
1742. — Mr.  Bell  accepts  a  call  to  Donegal.  Mr.  Bell  ordained 
at  Donegal,  November  nth,  1742.  Mr.  Bell's  conduct  inves- 
tigated at  Donegal,  1744.  He  was  deposed  by  Presbytery, 
March  8th,  1744.      He  appealed  to  Synod." 

Whether  this  case  was  ever  acted  upon  by  Synod  is  not 
stated  in  the  minutes  of  "Presbytery:  Messrs.  Caven,  Sankey 
and  Black  were  appointed  to  supply  Donegal."  "Hanover, 
June  1 2th,  1745. — Mr.  Gillespie  to  supply  Donegal."  Minutes 
of  Presbytery  were  lost  to  June  x6th,  1747.  A  call  for  Mr. 
Tate  in  the  hands  of  Presbytery  from  Donegal  : 

"  Donegal,  November  22d,  1748. — Arthur  Patterson,  in  the 
name  of  the  congregation,  promised  a  gift  to  Mr.  Tate  of 
seventy  pounds  over  and  above  the  quota  of  seventy  pounds 
per  annum  to  be  paid  within  a  year  after  he  purchases  a  planta- 
tion. Mr.  Tate  passed  trials  on  the  usual  parts  of  learning  to 
the  satisfaction  of    Presbytery.       Adjourned  until  nine  o'clock 


30  THE    DONEGAL   PRESBYTERIAN    CHURCH. 

tomorrow,  November  23d,  1748.  The  Session  of  Donegal 
promised  in  the  name  of  the  congregation  that  they  would  in 
due  time  take  regular  subscriptions  and  give  them  to  Mr.  Tate. 
The  edict  being  served  at  the  door  of  the  meeting-house  and  no 
objections  made  the  Presbytery  proceeded  to  the  work  of  ordi- 
nation."— {Records  of  Donegal  Presbytery.  ) 

"On  the  fourteenth  of  June  he  was  called  to  Donegal,  and 
soon  after  the  Rev.  Andrew  Bay  of  the  New  Side  Presbytery  of 
Newcastle  accused  him  of  having  preached  false  doctrine  at 
three  springs  (Big,  Middle  and  Rockey).  He  was  acquitted 
October  25th  and  accepted  the  call  from  Donegal,  they  giving 
seventy  pounds  to  buy  a  plantation  and  seventy  pounds  salary. 
He  was  ordained  November  28th,  1748.  .  .  .  Immediately  after 
his  installation  he  was  married,  December  15th,  1748,  to  Mar- 
garet, the  eldest  daughter  of  Boyd  of  Octorara.  Her  father 
gave  her  besides  a  silk  gown,  a  bed  and  its  furniture,  a  horse 
and  saddle,  and  nearly  every  article  for  housekeeping,  all  of 
which  he  carefully  entered  in  his  book.  .  .  .  He  died  October 
nth,  1774,  age  sixty-three  years. " — (  Webster' s  History.  )  He 
and  his  wife  are  buried  at  Donegal  (grave  No.  126). 

The  long  period  of  eight  years  after  the  death  of  Anderson 
before  a  suitable  minister  was  installed  at  Donegal  may  be 
accounted  for  by  the  distracted  state  of  the  Church  throughout 
the  country  occasioned  by  the  Schism  of  1 741 ,  known  as  the 
Old  Side  and  New  Side. 

The  following  extract  from  the  Assembly's  Digest  (page  595) 
illustrates  the  cause  of  its  origin  and  may  throw  some  light  on 
the  difficulties  at  Donegal  :  "  Some  years  ago  our  Synod  found 
the  interests  of  Christ's  kingdom  likely  to  surfer  in  these  parts 
for  want  of  a  college  for  the  education  of  young  men.  .  .  .  Mr. 
William  Tennent  set  up  a  school  among  us,  where  some  were 
educated  and  afterwards  admitted  into  the  ministry  without 
sufficient  qualifications,  as  judged  by  many  of  the  Synod.  And 
what  made  the  matter  look  worse,  those  that  were  educated  in 
this  private  way  decried  the  usefulness  of  some  parts  of  learning 
that  we  thought  very  necessary.  It  was,  therefore,  agreed  to 
try  to  erect  a  college  and  apply  to  our  friends  in  Britain,  Ireland 


THE    DONEGAL   PRESBYTERIAN    CHURCH.  31 

and  New  England  to  assist  us.  .  .  .  Mr.  Gilbert  Tennent  cried 
out  that  this  was  to  prevent  his  father's  school  for  training 
gracious  men  for  the  ministry  .  .  he  and  some  of  his  adherents 
protested  against  it." 

Other  questions  arose  during  the  controversy  which  added 
to  its  asperity  and  finally  caused  a  separation  into  two  Synods, 
viz. :  New  York  and  Philadelphia.  The  Synod  of  Philadelphia, 
in  a  letter  to  the  President  and  fellows  of  Yale  College  (from 
which  the  above  quotation  is  taken),  lucidly  explains  the  whole 
controversy  and  shows  the  difficulty  of  supplying  vacancies  in 
the  churches  under  their  care.  About  the  time  Mr.  Tate  was 
called  to  Donegal  there  was  a  lull  in  the  storm  ;  overtures  for 
peace  were  being  prepared,  which,  after  much  debate  and  con- 
ference by  committees  from  both  bodies,  a  union  was  consummated 
and  peace  restored.  '  'All  former  differences  and  disputes  were 
laid  aside  and  buried  "  in  1758. 

Although  Donegal  Presbytery  had  adhered  to  the  Old  Side, 
there  was  controversy  and  difference  among  pastors  and  people, 
but,  peace  being  declared,  affairs  progressed  apparently  without 
friction  until  1762,  when  the  old  leaven  began  to  manifest  itself, 
which  subsequently  resulted  in  what  was  called  the  Donegal 
Schism.  This  was  apparently  of  short  duration,  as  matters  were 
adjusted  in  1768.  The  Rev.  Joseph  Tate  took  a  conspicuous 
part  in  the  last  named  controversy.  —  (Vide:  Baird's  Digest,  page 
610.)  It  is  to  be  regretted  that  the  loss  of  the  Records  of  the 
Session  of  Donegal  Church  renders  his  long  pastorate  of  twenty- 
six  years  a  sealed  book.  Until  1786,  when  a  charter  was  obtained, 
there  are  no  authentic  records  of  the  Church.  Three  years  after 
the  death  of  the  Rev.  Joseph  Tate  the  Rev.  Colin  McFarquhar 
was  installed,  in  1777.  He  was  a  man  of  profound  learning  and 
was  held  in  high  estimation  by  the  people,  as  is  indicated  by  a 
pastorate  of  thirty  years  and  by  the  very  prominent  part  assigned 
him  irt  the  affairs  of  the  Church  aside  from  his  ministerial  duties. 
He  was  one  of  the  charter  members,  and  served  as  President  of 
the  Board  of  Trustees  for  many  years.* 

*  The  imputation  of  his  disloyalty  to  the  cause  of  our  Revolutionary 
struggle  is  unjust  to  his  memory.    In  a  paper  read  before  the  Scotch-Irish 


32  THE    DONEGAL    PRESBYTERIAN    CHURCH. 

Congress  at  Harrisburg,  1896  (Vide  :  Transactions  of  the  Scotch-Irish 
Congress,  vol.  viii,  page  215),  it  is  said  "He  (Mr.  McFarquhar)  did  not 
fully  sympathize  with  his  congregation  in  their  hostility  to  Great  Britain. 
He  must  have  been  greatly  astonished  on  the  16th  day  of  June,  1777,  when 
he  was  holding  services,  an  express  arrived  from  Philadelphia  to  Col. 
Alexander  Lowry  calling  upon  him  to  muster  his  battalion  and  march  to 
the  Delaware.  .  .  .  The  congregation  adjourned  without  waiting  for  the 
benediction  and  formed  a  ring  around  the  old  oak  tree  in  front  of  the 
Church  and,  placing  Mr.  McFarquhar  within  the  circle,  made  him  take  off 
his  hat  and  shout  for  the  patriot  cause  ;  joining  hands,  they  pledged  their 
faith  to  each  other  in  their  determination  to  fight  the  British  to  a  finish." 
If  the  author  of  the  above  quotation  can  give  the  precise  date  and  the 
minute  particulars  of  an  event  which  occurred  one  hundred  and  twenty- 
four  years  ago,  he  must  have  some  authentic  document,  reference  to 
which  he  should  have  made  in  order  to  substantiate  his  assertion  ;  while 
these  good  old  Presbyterians  were  intensely  patriotic,  they  had  an  equally 
intense  respect  for  the  services  of  God's  house.  It  seems  incredible  that 
tlu-y  would  have  rushed  from  the  Church  with  one  accord,  regardless  of 
the  benediction,  and  rudely  assailed  their  pastor,  compelling  him  to  take 
off  his  hat  and  shout  for  the  success  of  the  patriot  cause.  To  inflict  such 
an  indignity  upon  him,  especially  in  view  of  his  recent  installation  (as 
that  must  have  taken  place  less  than  six  months  previously),  seems  in- 
compatible with  the  high  estimation  in  which  the  pastors  were  held  and 
the  respect  accorded  them  in  those  days.  Mr.  McFarquhar  was  a  Scotch- 
man, a  minister  of  the  Gospel,  trained  in  Scotland,  educated  in  the  school 
of  a  "Knox,"  coming  to  America  at  a  time  when,  in  the  estimation  of 
an  Englishman,  a  Presbyterian  and  a  rebel  were  synonymous  terms.  It  is 
not  to  be  supposed  that  Mr.  McFarquhar' s  sympathies  were  very  strong 
for  Great  Britain.  It  would  be  a  strain  of  one's  credulity  to  suppose  that 
the  congregation  of  Donegal  would  have  suffered  him  to  remain  as  their 
pastor  and  subsequently  entrusted  him  with  the  many  responsible  duties 
during  a  pastorate  of  thirty  years.  The  incident  concerning  the  ' '  Witness 
Tree  "  has  been  alluded  to  before,  as  tradition,  and  that  there  are  different 
versions  as  to  the  facts,  but  this  last  "caps  the  climax"  and,  unless 
authentic  documentary  evidence  of  its  truth  can  be  produced,  it  cannot 
be  regarded  otherwise  than  very  extraordinary  embellishment  of  un- 
reliable tradition. 

A  short  time  after  the  death  of  his  wife  (August  6th,  1805, 
buried  at  Donegal,  grave  No.  169),  he  tendered  his  resignation. 
In  an  N.  B.  to  a  receipt,  dated  May  7th,  1806,  he  says  :  '*  My 
pastoral  labors  in  the  church  at  Donegal  terminate  at  the  above 
date  and  therefore  the  above  is  a  receipt  in  full  for  all  my  pastoral 
services  in  said  church.  "Colin  McFarquhar." 


THE    DONEGAL    PRESBYTERIAN    CHURCH.  33 

After  his  resignation  we  have  no  evidence  of  his  resuming 
the  pastorate  anywhere.  He  had  a  daughter  residing  at  Hagers- 
town,  Maryland,  where  he  spent  the  last  days  of  his  life,  and  is 
buried  there,  in  the  Presbyterian  burying-ground. 

To  the  kindness  of  Albert  Small,  Esq.,  of  Hagerstown,  I 
am  indebted  for  the  following  inscription  on  his  tombstone  : 

Here  lies   the  remains  of 

Rev:  Colin  McFarquhar 

A  native  of  Scotland 

30  years  Pastor  of  the  Presbyterian  Church 

of  Donegal,  Lancaster  Co.,  Pa. 

who  died  27th  Aug:   1822,  full  of  years 

having  reached  the  age  of  93. 

Also  his  daughter  Mrs  Mary  Cooke  who  died 

Aug:  22d,   1820,  aged  64  years 

also  David  Cooke  Esq. 

her  husband  who  died  June   12th,    1821 

also  Their  Daughter 

Mrs  Eliza  C.   Boggs 

who  died  Dec.  4th,    18 17. 

Rev.  Colin  McFarquhar,  during  twenty  years  of  his  pastorate 
at  Donegal,  owned  and  occupied  the  farm  in  Mount  Joy  Town- 
ship, about  two  miles  northwest  from  the  Borough  of  Mount 
Joy,  at  present  owned  and  occupied  by  Mr.  Samuel  Sherer. 
He  purchased  one  hundred  acres  from  James  Cunningham, 
January  31st,  1787,  and  sold  the  same  to  John  Greider,  May  1st, 
1809.  The  original  deed  is  at  present  in  Mr.  Sherer' s  posses- 
sion. He  evidently  lived  on  the  place  some  time  before  he 
purchased  it,  as  his  first  receipt  for  salary  (Trustees'  Records')  is 
dated  Mount  Joy,  January  18th,  1787,  and  his  subsequent  receipts 
are  dated  Mount  Joy — that  is,  Mount  Joy  Township  ;  the  town 
of  Mount  Joy  was  not  in  existence  at  that  time. 

One  year  after  the  resignation  of  the  Rev.  Colin  McFarquhar 
the  "Rev.  William  Kerr  was  ordained  and  installed  May  1st, 
1807,  at  a  salary  of  $400.00  yearly  until  May  1st,  1814,  at 
$600.00  per  annum"    (Trustees'  Records'),  which  was  continued 


34  THE    DONEGAL    PRESBYTERIAN    CHURCH. 

until  his  death,  which  occurred  September  22d,  1821.  Mr.  Kerr 
was  much  beloved  by  his  parishioners  and  the  people  of  the 
neighborhood.  There  are  still  some  living  who  remember  Mr. 
Kerr.  His  son,  James  W.  Kerr,  M.  D.,  a  much  esteemed  and 
eminent  physician,  a  member  of  the  York  County  Medical 
Society,  died  at  York,  Pa.,  June  10th,  1889. 

One  of  the  Rev.  Kerr's  daughters  was  the  wife  of  a  dis- 
tinguished lawyer  of  Harrisburg,  Pa.,  Mr.  Herman  Aldricks. 
Another  daughter,  Martha,  married  Dr.  Orth,  of  Harrisburg. 
She  is  still  living.  Her  son,  Dr.  H.  L.  Orth,  is  the  present 
superintendent  of  the  Pennsylvania  State  Lunatic  Asylum. 

Mr.  Kerr  owned  the  farm  situated  on  the  road  leading  from 
Maytown  to  Elizabethtown,  a  few  hundred  yards-  north  of  the 
crossing  of  the  Donegal  and  Bainbridge  roads.  It  is  part  of  a 
tract  of  land  patented  by  James  Fulton,  May  1st,  1767  The 
Executors  of  Samuel  Cooke,  deceased,  deeded  the  farm  to  the 
Rev.  William  Kerr,  September  28th,  18 10.  The  deed  is  in  the 
possession  of  Mr.  M.  K.  Brubaker,  of  Mount  Joy  Borough,  the 
present  owner.  The  writer  has  no  evidence  that  the  Rev.  Kerr 
lived  on  his  farm  at  any  time.  He  resided  in  Marietta  at  the 
time  of  his  death.  He  and  two  of  his  sons  are  buried  at 
Donegal  (graves  Nos.  146,  147,  148). 

After  an  interval  of  one  year  the  Rev.  Orson  Douglas  was 
unanimously  elected  pastor,  December  2d,  1822,  and  installed 
the  following  Spring.  He  served  the  congregation  fourteen  years. 
He  resigned  in  1836  and  removed  to  Philadelphia.  At  the  close 
of  Mr.  Douglas's  pastorate  the  records  of  the  Session  were  lost. 

The  Rev.  Thomas  Marshall  Boggs  was  called  to  Donegal 
in  1836.  He  was  installed  April  27th,  1837.  He  resided  at 
Mr.  John  Clark's  place  (now  Hon.  J.  Donald  Cameron's).  He 
removed  to  Marietta  and  subsequently  to  Mount  Joy,  where  he 
died  November  10th,  1850.  Mr.  Boggs  preached  at  Donegal, 
Marietta  and  Mount  Joy.  He  was  much  beloved  by  his 
parishioners  and  greatly  esteemed  by  the  community  as  a  sincere 
Christian  in  all  his  walk  and  conversation.  He  married  Miss 
Amelia  Jane  Cunningham,  of  Chester  County,  and  had  two  sons 
and  one  daughter.      His  daughter  became  the  wife  of  Rev.  John 


THE    DONEGAL    PRESBYTERIAN    CHURCH.  35 

Edgar,  President  of  Wilson  College,  at  Chambersburg,  Pa. 
Shortly  before  his  death,  the  Rev.  James  L.  Rodgers  assisted 
Mr.  Boggs  in  his  ministrations  with  the  view  of  becoming  co- 
pastor,  as  the  duties  of  Mr.  Boggs  were  too  laborious.  At  the 
time  (1837)  he  assumed  the  labors  of  the  pastorate  of  Donegal, 
the  separation  of  the  Church  into  the  Old  and  New  School  was 
being  accomplished.  Many  of  the  churches  throughout  the 
country  were.-  more  or  less  agitated  by  the  New  School  Schism, 
especially  that  portion  of  the  Donegal  congregation  residing  at 
Mount  Joy  (about  three  miles  east  of  Donegal).  Marietta 
(about  three  miles  south  of  Donegal  >  was  at  that  time  a  distinct 
church  organization  under  the  pastoral  care  of  Mr.  Boggs,  in 
connection  with  Donegal.  Mount  Joy  had  no  organization,  but 
had  a  building  in  contemplation,  and  had  purchased  a  lot  lor 
that  purpose,  which  the  distraction  consequent  to  the  separation 
of  the  General  Assembly  into  two  bodies  frustrated. 

The  Old  School  part)'  of  Mount  Joy  purchased  an  interest 
in  the  Lutheran  Church  of  Mount  Joy,  thus  securing  a  place  of 
worship  alternately  with  the  Lutherans.  The  New  School  party 
proceeded  to  erect  a  place  of  worship,  which  they  accomplished 
in  1840.  At  this  time  the  Rev.  N.  Dodge's  Cedar  Hill  Seminary 
for  Young  Ladies,  and  Mr.  John  H.  Brown's  Mount  Joy  Institute 
for  Boys  were  in  a  flourishing  condition,  and  both  principals 
associated  themselves  with  the  New  School  party. 

Mr.  Boggs  continued  his  pastoral  services  at  Donegal, 
Marietta  and  Mount  Joy  until  his  death.  He  and  his  wife  are 
buried  at  Donegal  (graves  Nos.  122  and  123).  The  Rev.  James 
L.  Rodgers,  who  had  been  supplying  the  pulpits  since  the  death 
of  Mr.  Boggs,  "was  ordained  and  installed  pastor  of  Donegal 
congregation  by  the  Presbytery  of  Donegal,  Thursday,  the  21st 
of  August,  1 85 1."  The  Marietta  congregation  about  this  time 
became  self-sustaining  and  with  the  consent  of  Presbytery  called 
a  pastor,  thus  severing  its  connection  from  the  Mother  Church. 
During  the  first  year  of  the  pastorate  of  Mr.  Rodgers  proposals 
for  union  between  the  Mount  Joy  members  of  Donegal  and  the 
New  School  congregation  of  Mount  Joy  were  made  and  mutually 
agreed  to  ;  whereupon  the  Mount  Joy  members  sold  their  interest 


36  THE    DONEGAL   PRESBYTERIAN    CHURCH. 

in  the  Lutheran  Church  to  that  congregation  and  appropriated 
the  funds  obtained  to  the  liquidation  of  the  debt  remaining  on 
the  New  School  Church  of  Mount  Joy. 

In  1852  the  New  School  (with  the  consent  of  their  Pres- 
bytery) organization  united  with  the  Donegal  members  residing 
in  Mount  Joy  and  vicinity  (forming  what  has  since  been  known 
as  the  First  Presbyterian  Church  of  Mount  Joy)  under  the 
pastorate  of  Mr.  Rodgers,  who  continued  his  ministrations  to 
the  congregations  of  Mount  Joy  and  Donegal  every  alternate 
Sabbath  morning  until  his  resignation  in  September,  1856.  Mr. 
Rodgers' s  resignation  was  very  much  regretted.  He  was  a 
successful  preacher  and  very  cheerful  and  lovable  Christian 
gentleman.  He  removed  to  Springfield,  Ohio,  where  he  died 
January  25th,  1895. 

After  the  resignation  of  Mr.  Rodgers,  the  congregation  of 
Donegal  would  not  consent  to  the  previous  arrangement  of  every 
alternate  Sabbath  morning  services,  but  insisted  on  having  every 
Sabbath  morning.  To  this  the  Mount  Joy  people  could  not 
agree  as  they  had  the  largest  congregation  and  good  prospects 
for  a  self-sustaining  church,  to  maintain  which  at  the  time  would 
be  a  very  heavy  burden  without  the  aid  of  Donegal  fund  (the 
invested  fund  of  Donegal  at  the  time  was  about  $8,000.00)  of 
which  they  deemed  themselves  entitled  to  a  share  as  the  offspring 
of  Donegal,  and  as  they  (the  Mount  Joy  people)  constituted 
one-third  of  the  membership.  The  result  was  that  Donegal 
called  the  Rev.  John  J.  Lane,  who  was  installed  May  14th,  1859. 
He  served  the  congregation  until  1868,  when  he  resigned.  He 
died  in  1893.  The  Mount  Joy  congregation  called  the  Rev. 
James  Smith,  who,  on  account  of  declining  health,  resigned  in 
1868.  Both  congregations  now  being  vacant,  the  former  difficulty 
was  amicably  adjusted  ;  the  Rev.  John  Edgar  was  installed  May 
1 2th,  1869,  who  served  both  congregations  until  1870,  when 
he  resigned  to  accept  a  call  to  New  Bloomfield,  Pa.,  where  he 
preached  until  chosen  President  of  Wilson  College,  where  he 
died  June  5th,  1894. 

The  Rev.  William  B.  Brown  served  both  congregations  from 
September,  1872,  until  April,  1880,  as  stated  supply,  when  his 


THE    DONEGAL    PRESBYTERIAN    CHURCH.  37 

services  were  discontinued.  At  the  special  request  of  Mr.  Brown 
he  was  not  installed,  as  he  had  in  view  the  restoration  of  Cedar 
Hill  Seminary,  to  which  object  he  proposed  to  devote  all  his  time. 
His  efforts  not  meeting  with  sufficient  encouragement,  it  was 
abandoned,  whereupon  the  arrangement  with  the  congregations 
was  continued  until  1 880,  as  above  stated.    He  died  June  23d,  1 892. 

In  1 88 1,  the  Rev.  Cyrus  B.  Whitcomb,  a  Congregationalist 
from  Connecticut,  preached  a  few  Sabbaths  as  a  candidate  at 
Donegal  and  Mount  Joy.  He  was  called  by  both  congregations. 
His  installation  was  deferred  until  the  meeting  of  Presbytery  at 
Columbia,  the  following  Spring,  when  Mr.  Whitcomb  applied  for 
installation.  A  committee  of  Presbytery  was  appointed  at 
Columbia  to  install  him  on  the  following  Sabbath  after  meeting  ; 
at  Donegal  in  the  afternoon  and  at  Mount  Joy  in  the  evening, 
June  13th,  1882.  The  Donegal  people  secured  his  dismissal  at 
an  adjourned  meeting  of  Presbytery  held  at  Mount  Joy  a  short 
time  after  his  installation.  At  the  Fall  meeting  of  Presbytery, 
held  at  Union  Church,  the  pastoral  relation  between  him  and 
the  Mount  Joy  Church  was  dissolved. 

The  installation  of  Mr.  Whitcomb  at  Donegal  deserves  a 
special  notice,  as  it  was  unique,  if  not  unprecedented,  in  the 
annals  of  Presbyterianism.  Mr.  Whitcomb  had  preached  the 
greater  part  of  a  year,  from  the  date  of  his  call  to  the  13th  of 
June.  In  the  meantime  the  Donegal  people  had  unanimously 
changed  their  opinion  concerning  Mr.  Whitcomb' s  fitness  to 
preach  and  his  orthodoxy,  and  as  Presbytery  refused  to  re- 
consider Mr.  Whitcomb' s  call  or  consent  to  a  postponement  of 
his  installation,  the  Donegal  people  all  agreed  upon  a  course 
of  action  at  the  installation.  TJie  Elder,  Mr.  James  A.  Patter- 
son, and  one  of  the  trustees,  Dr.  J.  L.  Ziegler,  were  delegated 
to  state  the  facts  to  the  committee  appointed  by  the  Presbytery 
to  install  Mr.  Whitcomb  (this  committee  was  Rev.  John 
McElmoyle,  Rev.  John  McCoy  and  Rev.  James  C.  Hume)  and 
request  a  postponement  of  the  installation,  to  which  request  they 
refused  to  accede  ;  whereupon  they  were  handed  a  paper  (with 
the  request  that  it  be  read  from  the  pulpit)  the  purport  of  which 
was  that  no  one  should  give  their  assent  to  the  questions  asked 


38  THE    DONEGAL   PRESBYTERIAN    CHURCH. 

by  the  committee  except  those  who  are  eligible  according  to 
the  charter  of  the  Church  and  the  confession  of  faith,  and  that  the 
members  be  permitted  to  rise  in  response  instead  of  raising 
the  right  hand,  as  is  customary.  The  paper  was  read  from  the 
pulpit,  and  after  the  preliminary  services  the  Moderator,  Mr. 
McElmoyle,  proceeded  by  asking  Mr.  Whitcomb  the  usual 
questions,  after  which  he  turned  to  the  congregation,  who  were 
expected  to  answer  in  the  affirmative  by  rising.  The  first  and 
second  questions  were  asked  without  anyone  rising.  The 
Moderator  asked:  "Is  there  no  assent  to  these  questions?" 
The  congregation  responded  ."  No  !  "  He  proceeded  to  ask  the 
remaining  questions  without  receiving  any  assent  from  the  con- 
gregation, when,  turning  to  Mr.  Whitcomb,  he  said:  "Not- 
withstanding the  extraordinary  circumstances  which  have  occurred 
to-day,  I  declare  you  pastor  of  this  Church."  After  this  the 
congregation  was  dismissed.  The  subsequent  conduct  of  some 
of  the  members  of  Presbytery  in  their  endeavors  to  force  an 
illegally  installed  and  unacceptable  minister  upon  an  unwilling 
people  was,  to  say  the  least,  unkind  and  ungenerous. 

The  Rev.  Robert  Gamble  was  appointed  Moderator  to 
supply  the  now  vacant  churches.  Both  congregations  sub- 
sequently united  in  giving  him  a  call,  which  he  accepted.  He 
was  installed  October  nth,  1883.  ^n  1886,  Mr.  Gamble  requested 
the  congregations  to  unite  with  him  in  asking  Presbytery  to 
dissolve  the  pastoral  relations  ;  after  hearing  Mr.  Gamble's 
reasons  they  consented.    His  resignation  is  dated  April  12th,  18S6. 

The  Rev.  Edward  A.  Snook  was  installed  April  5th,  1887, 
Pastor  of  Donegal  and  Mount  Joy.  On  February  23d,  1889, 
he  resigned  to  accept  a  call  to  Williamsport,  Pa. 

The  Rev.  David  Conway  was  installed  in  Donegal  and 
Mount  Joy,  October  7th,  1890;  after  serving  both  congregations 
nearly  nine  years  he  died  May  9th,  1899.  His  death  was  the 
result  of  a  sad  accident  on  the  first  Sabbath  in  May,  while  returning 
from  services  at  Donegal.  His  horse  ran  away  and  injured  him  so 
severely  that  his  death  occurred  on  the  following  Tuesday  evening. 

Rev.  Richard  Downes,  the  present  pastor,  was  installed  in 
Donegal  and  Mount  Joy,  December  nth,  1899. 


THE    DONEGAL    PRESBYTERIAN    CHURCH.  39 

Recapitulation  of  the  Pastors  of  Donegal  Church 

in  the  Order  of  their  Installation  and 

Termination  of  Service. 


Rev.  James  Anderson — installed  August,  1727  ;  died  July  16th, 
1740. 

Rev.   Hamilton   Bell— installed  November  nth,   1742;  deposed 
March  8th,  1744. 

Rev.  Joseph  Tate— installed  November  23d,  1748  ;  died  October 
nth,  1774. 

Rev.    Colin   McFarquhar— installed    1777  ;    resigned    May  7th, 

1 806. 

Rev.  William  Kerr— installed   May   ist,    1807  ;  died  September 

22d,    I82I. 

Rev.   Orson  Douglas— installed   December  2d,    1822  ■    resigned 
1836. 

Rev.  Thomas  Marshall  Boggs— installed  April  27th,  1837  ;  died 

November  10th,  1850. 
Rev.  James  L.  Rodgers— installed  August  21st,  1851;  resigned 

September,    1856. 
Rev.  John  J.  Lane— installed  May  14th,  1859  ;  resigned  1868. 
Rev.  John  Edgar— installed  May  12th,  1869  ;  resigned  1870. 
Rev.    William  B.    Brown— as  stated  supply  from  AdhI,    1872, 

until  1880. 
Rev.  Cyrus  B.   Whitcomb— installed  June   13th,  18S2  ;  pastoral 

relation  dissolved  in  1882. 
Rev.    Robert  Gamble— installed  October  nth,    1883-  resumed 

1886. 

Rev.    Edward  A.   Snook— installed  April  5th,    1887  ;    resigned 
1889. 

Rev.   David  Conway— installed  October  7th,    1890  ;    died  May 

9th,  1899. 
Rev.  Richard  Downes — installed  December  nth,  1899. 


4°  THE    DONEGAL   PRESBYTERIAN    CHURCH. 


Elders  of  the  Church  (Deceased)  as  far  as  kn 


own. 


Andrew  Galbraith 

Arthur  Patterson,  died  July  3d,  1763. 

John  Allison. 

James  Mitchell. 

David  Hayes. 

James  Mehaffy,  died  December  31st,  1850. 
John  Clark,  died  February  i8th,  i860. 
James  Patterson,  died  May  30th,  1863. 
James  Thompson,  died  1883. 
James  A.    Patterson,  died  January  7th,  1899. 


THE    DONEGAL   PRESBYTERIAN    CHURCH.  41 


Present  Organization  of  Donegal   Church,    1901 


Pastor  : 
Reverend  Richard  Dowries. 

Ruling   Elder: 
Dr.   J.   L.    Ziegler. 

Trustees  : 
George  S.    Redsecker, 
Samuel  Evans,  Esq., 
Hon    John  Wiley. 

Settlers  : 
William   Fink, 
Dr.   James    P.    Ziegler, 
Solomon  Hoover. 

Superintendent  of  Sabbath  School . 
Dr.  J.   L.   Ziegler. 

Organist : 
Florence  Fink. 

Sexton  : 
Jacob   Inners. 


THE    DONEGAL    PRESBYTERIAN    CHURCH. 


The  Families  of  the  Church. 


In  the  following  sketches  and  genealogical  tables  of  the 
families  connected  with  Donegal  Church  and  congregation  and 
their  descendants,  conjecture  and  tradition  have  been  carefully 
excluded  and  whatever  of  a  traditional  character  may  be  in- 
troduced will  be  stated  as  such;  the  evidence  obtained  from 
church  and  family  records,  wills,  land-titles,  places  of  burial  and 
personal  knowledge  has  been  used,  consequently  the  history  of 
some  members  of  these  families  has  not  been  traced  any  further 
than  the  authentic  evidence  available.  The  order  of  the  ages  of 
these  families  has  not  always  been  followed  in  regular  succession. 

The  Galbraith  Family. 

"Andrew  Galbraith,  who  owned  the  land  on  the  south  and 
east,  contiguous  to  the  Glebe,  and  whose  name  appears  the  first 
in  the  history  of  Donegal  Church,  in  an  application  to  Newcastle 
Presbytery  for  supplies  for  the  church  was  probably  one  of  the 
first  elders,  as  his  name  appears  at  the  second  meeting  of 
Donegal  Presbytery  at  Swatara,  November  15,  1732,  one  month 
after  its  organization;  and  subsequently  at  various  meetings, 
the  last  time  at  Derry,  November  16th,  1737." — {Records  of 
Donegal  Presbytery.)  "He  took  a  prominent  part  in  public 
affairs.  He  was  Coroner  in  1729,  Justice  of  the  Peace  from  1736 
to  1745,  and  a  member  of  the  Colonial  Assembly  from  1731  to 
I738-" — (Penna.  Archives,  vol.  IX.,  pages  769,  771  and  775.) 
Concerning  his  subsequent  history  there  is  nothing  on  record; 
his  place  of  residence  is  not  definitely  known,  nor  the  time  of 
his  death  or  place  of  sepulture.  The  relation  between  Andrew 
and  those  buried  at  Donegal  is  not  positively  known.  I  have 
not  been  able  to  find  anything  concerning  Andrew  Galbraith 
later  than  1745.* 

*In  the  Presbyterian  Encyclopedia  it  is  said  that  "Andrew  Galbraith, 
Esq.,  son  of  James  Galbraith,  who  came  to  America  with  Wm.  Penn 
from  Queenstown,  upon  his  second  visit  and  whose  remains  are  buried  at 
Derry  graveyard,  settled  upon   land  adjoining  Donegal  Church  on  the 


THE    DONEGAL    PRESBYTERIAN    CHURCH.  43 

south,  etc."  The  whole  article  reads  very  much  like  an  extract  from  a 
history  of  Donegal  Church,  which  should  be  received  cum  grano  salt's. 
Andrew  may  have  been  a  son  of  James,  but  we  have  no  authentic  evidence 
that  he  was.  I  am  indebted  to  Dr.  Egle,  of  Harrisburg,  for  the  positive 
assurance  that  there  are  no  other  Galbraiths  buried  at  Derry  with  inscribed 
tombstones  except  the  following  : 

"James  Galbraith 

died  Aug:  23d,  1744,  aged  78  years 

also 

James  Galbraith  the  Younger 

died  June  nth,  1786,  aged  83  years. 

Rev.  William  Bertram 

First  Pastor  of  the  congregation 

Died  May  2,  1746,  aged  72  years 

also 

Elizabeth  his  daughter  and  wife  of 

James  Galbraith  Esq. 
Died  Feb:  2d,  1799,  aged  85  years." 

(From  Dr.  Egle's  Notes  and  Queries) 

Robert  Galbraith  attended  the  meeting  of  Donegal  Presbytery 
at  Chestnut  Level  as  an  elder,  March  28th,  1733,  and  at 
Nottingham,  April  2d,  1734  ;  the  church  he  represented  is  not 
known.  James  Galbraith' s  name  appears  as  an  elder  in  the 
records  of  Donegal  Presbytery  at  the  meeting  in  Philadelphia, 
September  16th,  1736.  No  mention  is  made  of  the  church  he 
represented,  nor  does  his  name  again  appear. 

The  name  of  Bertram  Galbraith  appears  in  the  Donegal 
Church  records,  in  1790,  as  an  auditor,  and  subsequently  as  a 
trustee  at  various  times.  He  took  a  very  active  part  in  the  War 
of  the  Revolution  as  a  member  of  the  committee  of  observation, 
inspection  and  other  positions  connected  with  the  organization 
of  the  army  and  establishment  of  our  government. 

He  rendered  distinguished  services  as  colonel  of  a  battalion 
of  associators,  indicating  that  the  family  were  prominent  in  the 
affairs  of  church  and  state.  A  number  of  the  family  are  buried 
in  the  Donegal  graveyard. 

It  appears  evident  that  Bertram  Galbraith  was  the  son  of 
James  Galbraith,  Esq. ,  buried  at  Derry  graveyard,  and  whose  wife 
was  the  daughter  of  the  Rev.  William  Bertram,  Elizabeth  Bertram. 


44  THE    DONEGAL   PRESBYTERIAN    CHURCH. 

Dorcas  Buchanan,  relict  of  John  Buchanan,  Esq.,  of  West- 
moreland County,  Pa.,  who  is  buried  at  Donegal  Church  (grave 
No.  2),  was  a  daughter  of  Col.  Bertram  Galbraith  ;  and  the 
James  G.  (Galbraith)  Buchanan,  son  of  John  and  Dorcas 
Buchanan,  was  the  father  of  Mr.  Joseph  Buchanan,  of  Marietta, 
Pa.,  whose  son,  Thomas  J.  Buchanan,  and  two  daughters, 
S.  Josephine  and  Ann  C.  Buchanan,  the  only  survivors  of  Joseph, 
are  the  great-great-grandchildren  of  Col.  Bertram  Galbraith. 
There  are,  no  doubt,  other  descendants  of  Col.  Galbraith,  but 
the  above-named  are  the  only  ones  of  whom  the  writer  has  any 
knowledge. 

The  Patterson   Family. 

This  is  one  of  the  largest  families  connected  with  Donegal 
Church.  Forty-four  of  its  members  are  known  to  be  among  the 
silent  inhabitants  of  the  old  graveyard — the  children,  grand- 
children, great-grandchildren,  great-great-grandchildren  and  de- 
scendants of  Arthur  Patterson.  Many  have  died  and  are  buried 
elsewhere,  and  the  living  are  widely  dispersed  throughout  the 
different  States  of  the  Union. 

Arthur  Patterson  (No.  1)  emigrated  from  Ireland  (of  Scotch 
descent)  in  1724,  and  settled  on  Big  Chicquesalunga  Creek, 
where  he  took  up  a  large  tract  of  land.*     His  residence  was  on 

*  I  have  in  my  possession  the  original  patent  deed  for  three  hundred 
and  fifty-five  acres  from  John,  Richard  and  Thomas  Penn  to  Arthur 
Patterson  (No.  i),  situated  in  Donegal  Township  (now  in  Rapho),  on 
Big  Chicquesalunga  Creek,  dated  July  31st,  1738.  Another  tract,  con- 
tiguous to  the  above,  was  patented  and  recorded  in  patent  book  A, 
volume  xii. ,  page  298,  containing  two  hundred  and  ninety-four  acres  ;  and 
a  third  tract,  containing  two  hundred  and  twenty-one  acres,  recorded  in 
patent  book  A,  volume  xiii.,  page  315,  situated  on  Little  Chicquesalunga 
Creek.  These  tracts  became  the  property  of  his  sons,  Samuel,  James 
and  William. 

the  place  now  owned  and  occupied  by  Jacob  G.  Nissley,  who 
built  a  brick  house  very  near  the  old  stone  mansion.  His  wife 
was  Ann,  daughter  of  Abraham  Scott.  Arthur  Patterson  had  a 
large  family  of  nine  children  :  sons — Samuel  (No.  3),  James 
(No.   5),    William    (No.  9),  and  Arthur    (No.    10),    who   died 


THE    DONEGAL    PRESBYTERIAN    CHURCH. 


45 


young;     daughters —Catherine    (No.    2),    Elizabeth    (No.    4), 
Eleanor  (No.  6),  Jean  (No.  7),  and  Rebecca  (No.  8).* 

*The  custom  of  naming  children  after  their  parents  and  grandparents 
renders  it  difficult  to  write  the  history  of  a  large  family  without  contusion  ; 
to  avoid  tin's,  the  numbers  after  a  name  in  these  family  histories  refer  to 
the  numbers  on  their  genealogical  chart. 

A  Partial  Genealogical  Chart  of  the  Patterson  Family 


f  Catherine    Patter-  (■  Arthur  Patterson,  No. 


son,  No  2.  mar- 
ried    Robert 

Hayes 


n.  married 

ist,  I-  lizabeth  Moore 
zd,  MeribahGiberson 

James  Patt<  rson,  No.  , 
12, married  Elizabeth  ■! 
Witherow 


Samuel   Patt.  i 
No.    3,    married  •{   Samuel  Pattei 


Martha  Agnew 


Ellen  Patterson,  No.  25, 
and  Manila  Patterson, 
No  26,  children  of  first 
wife 

Samuel  Smith  Patterson, 
No.  -7 

Robert  Patterson,  No.  28 
I  homas  J.  Patters,  ; 

29 
Samuel  Patterson,  No.  30 


13,      married      Mary         John  Patterson,  No.  31 


Ann  Mi 


Patterson, 
No.  58,  married  Rev. 

Matthew  Henderson 


Elizabeth  Patter- 
son, No  4,  mar- 
ried a  Mr.Thome 


Arthur  Patterson,  j 
No  1,  married  ] 
Ann  Scott 


f  Arthur  Patterson,  No. 
14,      married      Mary 

Witherow 


James     Patterson 
No.    5,    married  ] 
Margaret  Agnew 

Eleanor  Patterson. 
No  6.  married 
Ephraim  Moore 

Jean  Patterson, 
No.  7,  died  single 

Rebecca  Patterson 
No.  8,  died  single  I 


William  Patterson, 
No.  p,  married 
Elizabeth  L>\  sart 

Arthur    Patterson.  I 
N  o.    10,    died 
young  [ 


James  M    Patterson,  No.  32 
Martha  Patterson,  No.  33 
Mary  Ann  Patterson. 
Rebecca  Patterson,  I 

Martha  Henderson 
Mary   I 
Matthew 

Rebecca  Henderson 
Samuel  Henderson 
Ebenezer  Henderson 
James  P.  Henderson,  M.  1). 
Arthur  Henderson 

f   James  W.  Patterson, No.  36 
William  Patterson. 
Joseph  M.  Patterson, No. 38 

Sarah  M.  Patl 

Margaret  Patterson,  No.  40 

<  sun,  No.  41 
W.  Patterson,  No.  42 

I   John  W.  Patterson,  No.  43 
I    Margaret       R.      Patl 
No  44 
James    Patterson,  No     I    lames  A    Patterson, 

is.      married      Mai  ;    Ltterson.No. 

Watson  46 

Margaret       Patterson,        J>avidW   Patterson,  No. 47 

No.  16  '    Harriet  B.  Patterson,  N0.48 

Rebecca  Patterson, No.    ••   Rachel  J  .  Patterson.  No.  49 

■7 
Martha  Patterson,  No. 

18 
Anna  Patterson. No.  19 

Samuel  Patterson,  No    j  Samuel  A.  Patterson, No.  50 
20  t 


William     Patterson, 
M.  D..  No.  21 

Arthur   Patterson.  No. 

22, married  Catherine 

Oberlin 
Eleanor  Patterson,  No 

23 
Alexander    Patterson, 

No  24,  married  Jean 

Pedan 


I    William  Patterson,  No    5r 

I    Alexander  Patterson, N0.52 

I     Douglas    Patterson,  No.  53 

Arthur    Patterson,  M.  D., 

No.  S4 
Jane  Patterson,  No.  55 
Elizabeth  Patterson,  No  56 
Sarah  Ann  Patterson,  No. 
57 


46  THE    DONEGAL    PRESBYTERIAN    CHURCH. 

Catherine  (No.  2)  married  Robert  Hayes  ;  Elizabeth 
(No.  4)  married  a  Mr.  Thome;  Jean  (No.  7)  and  Rebecca 
(No.  8)  died  single  ;  Eleanor  (No.  6)  married  Ephraim  Moore, 
whose  name  appears  in  the  patent  deed  of  the  Donegal  Glebe 
land  as  owning  the  land  west  of  the  Glebe,  now  owned  by- 
David  L.  Gerber. 

"Arthur  Patterson  (No.  1)  was  an  elder  in  Donegal  Church 
in  1733-39." — {Records  of  Donegal  Presbytery.  )  "  Under  the 
Colonial  Government  he  was  Collector  in  1744-46  (his  great- 
grandson,  Mr.  James  A.  Patterson,  has  in  his  possession  the 
account  book  which  he  used  in  these  collections)  and  a  member 
of  the  Colonial  Assembly  from  1743  to  1754." — {Penna. 
Archives,  volume  ix.,  pages  776,  777,  second  series.)  He  died 
July  3d,  1763.  He  and  his  wife,  who  outlived  him  to  the 
advanced  age  of  ninety-three  years,  are  buried  at  Donegal 
(grave  No.  76). 

His  son,  Samuel  Patterson  (No.  3),  owned  and  resided  on 
a  tract  of  land,  patented  by  his  father,  situated  on  Little 
Chicquesalunga  Creek,  on  which  he  built  a  large  stone  house,  at 
present  owned  and  occupied  by  C.  N.  Gerber.  Inspired  with 
the  spirit  of  liberty  and  opposition  to  the  domination  of  Great 
Britain,  he  joined  the  patriotic  army  and  cast  in  his  lot  in  their 
contest  against  tyranny  and  oppression.  He  was  "Third 
Lieutenant  in  Col.  Slough's  Battalion  flying  camp  at  the  battle 
of  Long  Island." — {Penna.  Archives.)  He  married  Martha 
Agnew  ;  they  had  four  children,  viz.:  Arthur  (No.  11),  James 
(No.  12),  Samuel  (No.  13),  and  daughter  Rebecca  (No.  58). 
They  are  both  buried  at  Donegal  (grave  No.  75). 

Their  son,  Arthur  Patterson  (No.  11),  owned  and  resided 
on  the  place  near  Michael  Moore's  mill,  now  owned  by  Dr. 
Andrew  Gerber.  He  married  Elizabeth  Moore  (daughter  of 
Ephraim  and  Eleanor  Moore),  his  first  wife,  by  whom  he  had 
two  daughters,  Ellen  (No.  25)  and  Martha  (No.  26).  Ellen 
died  single  ;  Martha  married  Benjamin  Osborne,  whose  sons  are 
James  and  Arthur  Patterson  Osborne.  His  second  wife  was 
Meribah  Giberson,  by  whom  he  had  one  son,  Arthur,  who  died 
young. 


THE    DONEGAL    PRESBYTERIAN    CHURCH.  47 

James  Patterson  (No.  12),  son  of  Samuel  (No.  3),  married 
Elizabeth  Witherow.  He  owned  and  resided  on  the  place  now 
belonging  to  the  estate  of  the  Rev.  Henry  Engle,  deceased. 
His  wife  died  in  1834  (buried  at  Donegal,  grave  No.  48).  They 
had  four  children  ;  three  of  them  died  young.  Old  Major  Pat- 
terson, the  name  by  which  he  was  familiarly  known  in  the 
community,  lived  in  the  old  homestead  with  his  only  surviving 
son,  Samuel  Smith  Patterson  (No.  27),  until  his  death  in  1852, 
aged  eighty-seven  years.      (Buried  at  Donegal,  grave  No.  49). 

Samuel  Smith  Patterson  (No.  27)  resided  on  the  homestead 
of  his  father.  He  was  a  man  of  sterling  integrity,  a  cheerful 
Christian  gentleman,  a  kind  father,  loving  husband,  and  a 
pleasant  companion.  The  writer  recalls  with  pleasure  the  many 
enjoyments  of  social  intercourse  in  his  family.  He  was  highly 
respected  in  the  community.  He  took  an  active  part  in  local 
and  civil  affairs  and  was  the  honored  representative  of  Lancaster 
County  in  the  State  Legislature  in  the  years  1834  and  1835.  He 
married  Mary  Mcjimsey.  Their  children  were  :  daughters — 
Sarah  Mary  and  Martha  Rebecca  ;  sons — Joseph  M.,  James  B., 
Smith,  Frank  and  John.  His  wife  and  daughter,  Sarah  Mary, 
also  a  son,  James  Alexander,  and  a  daughter,  Elizabeth  Ann, 
died  at  the  homestead,  the  two  latter  in  their  infancy,  and  are 
buried  at  Donegal  (graves  Nos.  50,  51,  212,  213).  A  few  years 
after  the  death  of  Sarah  Mary,  Mr.  Patterson  sold  his  farm  and 
moved  with  his  family  to  Sterling,  111.,  where  he  died. 

Chart  of  Family  ot  Samuel  Smith  Patterson  (No.  27) 

(  Elizabeth  Ann  Patterson,  deceased 
James  Alexander  Patterson,  dec'd. 
Sarah  Mary  Patterson,  deceased 

Martha   Rebecca   Patterson  married    f  M.    Lee    Gait    and     John 
Dr.  Thomas  Gait  \      Gait 

r  William  M.   Patterson 
Joseph  M.   Patterson   married    Cath-  J  Samuel  S.    Patterson 
erine  A.  Manahan  1  Frank  M.    Patterson 

Samuel  Smith  Patterson,  [Mary   Kale  Patterson 

No.  27,   married  Mary  i    -p.         Tam(ia     R      pa,t„«.on     married    f  Helen  J     Patterson 
Mclimsev  c     Jw?V         Patterson    mamed  J  E    Kirk  patterson 

Sarah  M.  Cameron  ^  L.   Cameron  Patterson 

Frank    Patterson    married    Rebecca   f  Rester  patterson 
Fewsmith  (. 

Smith  Patterson  married  Ella  Gifford  <  No  issue 

John      Patterson      married      Carrie    f  Anna  Patterson  and 
Sackett  1     Walter  S.   Patterson 


48 


THE    DONEGAL   PRESBYTERIAN    CHURCH. 


Joseph  M.  Patterson,  inheriting  the  patriotism  of  his 
ancestors,  enlisted  in  the  Union  Army.  He  was  First  Lieutenant 
in  the  Thirteenth  Illinois  Infantry,  1861,  for  three  years,  and 
was  all  through  the  Missouri  campaign — at  Vicksburg,  until  its 
surrender  ;  at  the  battle  of  Lookout  Mountain,  etc.  Frank 
Patterson  enlisted  in  the  One  Hundred  and  Fourth  Illinois 
Regiment,  1864.  James  M.  Patterson  studied  medicine. 
Martha  Rebecca  married  Dr.  Thomas  Gait,  once  a  citizen  of 
Lancaster  County. 

Samuel  Patterson  (No.  13)  owned  and  occupied  his  father's 
(Samuel  No.  3)  farm.  He  married  Mary  Ann  Mcjimsey  ;  they 
had  eight  children,  viz.:  Robert  (No.  28)  ;  Thomas  Jefferson 
(No.  29),  unmarried  ;  Samuel  (No.  30),  married  Frances 
Spangler,  of  Marietta,  and  she  died  without  issue.  John  Patter- 
son (No.  31)  married  Barbara  Ann  Kaufman;  their  children 
were  Joseph  C.  and  Martha  Rebecca  ;  both  died  young  ;  buried 
at  Donegal  (grave  No.  52).  Their  son,  Samuel,  married  first, 
Sophia  Pyle,  with  whom  he  had  a  daughter,  Blanche  ;  second, 
he  married  Miss  Heilich  and  had  several  children  ;  he  died  at 
Lancaster.  Their  son,  John  McJ.  Patterson,  married  Elizabeth 
McDanel,  whose  daughter,  Ada,  is  correspondent  for  a  New 
York  paper.  The  daughters  of  John  Patterson  (No.  31)  were 
Mary  Ann  and  Phebe  Eliza  ;  the  former  married  John  Schock, 
the  latter  married  Rev.  G.  R.  Moore.  Mrs.  Moore  died  at 
Lyons,  Iowa,  in  1857  >  buried  at  Donegal  (grave  No.  208). 


Mary  Ann  Patterson 

married 

John  Schock 


Chart  of  the  Schock  Family 


f   Percy  P.  Schock,  Editor  of  the  Marietta  Register, 
married  Sue  B.  Lindemuth 


Harry  C.  Schock   married    Fredericka  Christina 
Frank 


Clarence  Schock,  engaged  in  the  lumber  and 
coal  business,  resides  with  his  parents  in 
Mount  Joy 

John  Schock,  a  graduate  of  the  U.  S.  Naval 
Academy,  Annapolis,  Md.,  appointed  Naval 
Constructor  with  the  rank  of  First  Lieutenant. 
Died  in  1885 


Margarite  Schock 
John  P.  Schock 
Lewis  L.  Schock 
Mary  Schock 

Mary  B.  Schock 
P.  Frank  Schock 
Caroline  F.  Schock 
Arthur  P.  Schock 


THE    DONEGAL   PRESBYTERIAN    CHURCH. 


49 


Chart  of  the  Rev.  G.  R.  Moore's  Family 


Phebe  Eliza  Patterson 

married 

Rev.  G.  R.  Moore 


Ida  Moore  married  Otto  Lach- 
mund 

Anna  Lelia  Moore  married 
Rev  James  Wolloston  Kirk. 
Rev.  and  Mrs.  Kirk  went  as 
missionaries  to  Eagle  City, 
Alaska 


Frederick  Patterson   Lachmund 
Paul  Moore  Lachmund 
Henry  Ralph  Lachmund 


James  M.  Patterson  (No.  32)  married  Mary  Hogendobler. 
He  died  in  1867  ;  buried  at  Donegal  (grave  No  224).  Their 
daughter,  Mary  Ann,  married  H.  Burd  Cassel,  of  Marietta  ;  and 
Frances  Rebecca  married  Wm.  Harper,  of  Philadelphia. 

Martha  Patterson  (No.  33)  married  Thomas  Sterrett.  Their 
children  were  Samuel  P. ;  William  J. ;  Thomas  Woods,  who  died 
in  1847,  buried  at  Donegal  (grave  No.  197);  and  Sarah  Mar- 
garet. Samuel  P.  Sterrett  married  Jane  Spangler.  He  is  an 
Elder  in  the  Presbyterian  Church  of  Marietta  ;  his  wife  died  a 
few  years  ago  without  issue.  His  brother,  William  J. ,  is  single 
and  resides  with  his  brother.  Sarah  Margaret  married  James  A. 
Patterson  ;  she  died  in  1858,  and  is  buried  at  Donegal  (grave 
No.  232). 

Mary  Ann  Patterson  (No.  34)  married  James  Barr  Ferree, 
who  resided  in  Mount  Joy  some  years,  whence  he  removed  to 
Philadelphia.      They  had  a  family  of  seven  children,  as  follows  : 

A  Chart  of  the  Ferree  Family 

Anna    Martha    Ferree,    died    in 

infancy  :    buried  at   Donegal 

[grave  No.  53  • 
Elizabeth  Ferree,  died  September 

10,  1895 


Mary  Ann  Patterson,  No. 
34,  married  James 
Barr   Ferree 


Samuel  Patterson  Ferree  married 
Annie  Appleton  Droun 

Rebecca  Ferree 

Mary     Mcjimsey     Ferree,    died 

February  19,  1863 
James   Barr   Ferree,  died  in  his 

15th  year 


Alice   Euphemia   Ferree  married 
M.  Hampton  Todd,  Esq. 


James   Barr  Ferree 

William  Appleton  Ferree  married 

Elizabeth  Marvin 
Anna  Droun   Ferree 


Mary      Ferree      Todd      married 

Frank  Brinckerhoff 
Jean   Miller  Todd 
Alice  Euphemia  Todd 
James     Ferree     Todd,     died     in 

infancy 
Anna  Hampton  Todd 
Hampton  Todd,  died  May  5, 1887 


Rebecca  Patterson  (No.  35)  married  William  Spangler,  of 
Marietta.  Their  children  were  :  son — John  ;  daughters — Anna 
Martha,  Mary  and  Adeline.  Several  of  William  Spangler' s 
children  died  in  infancy. 


5° 


THE    DONEGAL    PRESBYTERIAN    CHURCH. 


Rebecca  Patterson 
No.  35,  married 
William  Spangler 


A  Chart  of  the  Spangler  Family 


("Charles  Hartshorne  Speakman  (Anna  Martha  Speakman  and 
married  Mary  Allen  '(Arthur  Patterson  Speakman 


Anna  Martha  Spangler 

married 

Frank  Speakman 


Mary       J.       Spangler 
married  ■< 

Levi  S.   Haldeman 


John  Spangler  married 
Sarah  keigart  Fahn-' 
estock 


Adeline  Spangler  mar- 
ried John  Rich,  both  - 
deceased 

Mary    Spangler,  died,  [ 

aged  two  years 
Samuel      Patterson 

Spangler,  died,  aged 

nine  months 
William  Spangler,  died 

a  babe 


Ida  Frank  Speakman  married 
John  A    (Joyle 

Frederick  William  Speakman 
married  Martha  Titus  Val- 
entine 

Rebecca  Spangler  Haldeman 
Bertha  Patterson  Haldeman 
Edna  Speakman   Haldeman 

Carrie  Rebecca  Spangler  mar- 
ried John  L.  Coho 

William  Alexander  Spangler 
Samuel   Patterson  Spangler 
Ethelbert  Spangler,  deceased 

Henry  Spangler  Rich  married 
Anna  Mumma 


(John  A.  Coyle,  deceased 
(Jannet  Speakman  Coyle 

'  Franklin  l!aily  Speakman 
)  Frederick  Wm.  Speakman 


I  Julia  Coho 


I  John  William  Rich 
J  Addie  Rebecca  Rich 
]  Anna  Martha  Rich 
[Henry  Spangler  Rich,  Jr. 


Addie      Kate      Rich 
Charles  Harlan 


Bj  ( Charles  Harlan,  Jr. 
•<  Joseph  Martin   Harlan 
(Henry  Rich  Harlan 


Rebecca  Patterson  (No.  58),  daughter  of  Samuel  Patterson 
(No.  3),  who  married  Rev.  Matthew  Henderson  ;  the  writer  has 
no  personal  knowledge  of  their  descendants  except  of  one  son, 
Dr.  James  Patterson  Henderson,  from  whom  the  names  of  the 
family  were  obtained  (see  Patterson  chart,  page  45),  who  resided 
in  Ohio.      He  died  a  few  years  ago  at  an  advanced  age. 

Of  the  descendants  of  Elizabeth  Patterson  (No.  4),  daughter 
of  Arthur  Patterson  (No.  1),  who  married  a  Mr.  Thome,  the 
writer  has  no  other  authentic  data. 

James  Patterson  (No.  5),  son  of  Arthur  (No.  1),  married 
Margaret  Agnew  ;  they  had  a  large  family,  viz. :  sons — Arthur 
(No.  14),  James  (No.  15),  Samuel  (No.  20),  and  William  (No. 
21);  daughters — Margaret  (No.  16),  Rebecca  (No.  17),  Martha 
(No.  18),  and  Ann  (No.  19).  He  took  a  very  active  part  in 
the  Revolutionary  War  as  a  member  of  the  committee  of  safety, 
of  observation  and  other  organizations  for  defense.  "  He  was  a 
private  in  Captain  James  Cowden's  Company,  Fourth  Battalion, 
1776  ;  First  Lieutenant,  Sixth  Company,  Second  Battalion,  1777, 


THE    DONEGAL   PRESBYTERIAN    CHURCH. 


51 


Lancaster  County  Militia." — (Penna.  Archives.)  He  owned 
and  resided  on  the  homestead  of  his  father.  At  his  death,  which 
occurred  in  1789,  he  distributed  by  will  eight  hundred  and 
forty-five  acres  of  land  among  his  surviving  sons.  He  is  buried 
at  Donegal  (grave  No.  73). 

Arthur  Patterson  (No.  14),  son  of  James  Patterson  (No.  5), 
married  Mary  Witherow.  Their  children  were :  sons — James  W. 
(No.  36),  William  (No.  37),  and  Joseph  M.  (No.  38) ;  daughters- 
Sarah  M.  (No.  39),  Margaret  (No.  40),  Eliza  Lucinda  (N0.41), 
and  Mary  W.  (No.  42).  He  owned  and  resided  on  the  farm 
now  W.  Bigler  Detwiler's.  After  the  death  of  the  father,  the 
family  sold  the  farm  and  removed  to  Franklin  Co.,  Pa.  The 
following  is  a  chart  of  the 

Family  and  Descendants  of  Arthur  Patterson  (No.  14) 

f  ("Anna  E.  Patterson 

James  Henry  Patterson 
\  Mary  Rebecca  Patterson 

Sallie  A.  Patterson 
[Nellie  Rutter  Patterson 

{James  Patterson  Rhoads 
Sarah  Jane   Rhoads 
George  F.  Rhoads 
Elizabeth  Brown  Rhoads 
I  Arthur  B.  Patterson 
(Julia  Patterson 


James  Witherow  Pat- 


Sarah  Maria  Patter- 
son, No  39,  mar- 
ried John  Rhea; 
no  issue 


James      Agnew       Patterson 

married 

Rachel  A.  McClelland 


Mary     Witherow     Patterson 

married 

George  W.  Rhoads 

Arthur     Patterson     married 
Mary  Bonnil 
terson,No.36,mar-^  Rev    William  David  Patter- 
ned Sarah  Agnew  son>  deceased 

Elizabeth    Finley   Patterson 

married  James  Sherman 
John  Brown  Patterson,  dec'd 
Dr.  Samuel  Joseph  Patterson  /  gessie  patterson 

married  Anna  M.  Moore       ( 
Sarah       Brown       Patterson, 
adopted     by     James     and 
Elizabeth   Brown,   married 
(^      G.  Finley  Smith 


Arthur  Patter 
son,    No.   14 

married  Mary  "j 
Witherow 


Margaret  Patterson, 
No.  40,  married 
William  McCaus- 
land 


William  Patterson, 
No.  37,  married 
Sarah  Fegley 

Eliza  Lucinda  Pat- 
terson, No    41 


Joseph  Morrison  Pat- 
terson, No.  38,mar-<!  No  issue 
ried  Mary  McFaran  ( 

Mary  Witherow  Pat- 
I.     terson,  No.  42 


Arthur  P.  McCausland 
Mary  Rebecca  McCausland 
William  McCausland 
James  Woods  McCausland 
John  McCausland 
Anna     Woods     McCausland 
married  John  Grayson 

Anna  Mary  Patterson  mar- 
ried J.  N.  Stephens 
Sarah  Margaret  Patterson 
James  Scott  Patterson,  M.  D. 
Samuel  Smith  Patterson 
Susan  Maria  Patterson 
Eliza  Patterson 
William  Patterson 


1  Rebecca  McC.  Grayson 
Margaret   P.  Grayson 
William  C.  Grayson 
Elizabeth  S    Grayson 
t  Nathaniel  G.  Grayson 
/Mary  Stephens 
(Ella  Stephens 


52 


THE    DONEGAL   PRESBYTERIAN    CHURCH. 


Col.  James  Patterson  (No.  15),  son  of  James  Patterson 
(No.  5),  owned  the  land  at  present  occupied  by  Jacob  Stehman, 
Christian  Seitz  and  Stephen  Grisinger.  He  first  resided  on  what 
is  now  Stehman' s  farm  while  building  the  place  called  Greenwood, 
now  Seitz' s  ;  some  years  afterwards  he  sold  a  part  of  the  original 
tract  to  Stephen  Grisinger,  who  built  the  brick  house  on  the 
Manheim  road.  He  took  an  active  part  in  the  War  of  181 2-14. 
He  went  out  as  aide-de-camp  to  Major-General  Nathaniel  Watson 
and  was  appointed  major  of  volunteers  before  the  close  of  the 
war.  His  three  commissions  are  in  the  possession  of  his  family. 
The  first  is  one  as  Captain  of  the  Fourth  Company  of  the 
Sixtieth  Regiment,  Second  Brigade,  Fourth  Division,  Militia  of 
Lancaster  Co. ,  for  a  term  of  seven  years,  issued  by  Gov.  Thomas 
McKean  in  1800.  The  second  is  as  Major  of  a  Battalion  of  Rifle- 
men, Pennsylvania  Militia,  detached  for  United  States  service, 
issued  by  Gov.  Simon  Snyder  in  18 14.  The  third  is  as  Colonel 
of  the  One  Hundred  and  First  Pennsylvania  Militia,  Second 
Brigade,  Fourth  Division,  issued  by  Gov.  Findley  in  181 8.  He 
was  elected  member  of  the  Legislature  in  18 18-19,  and  again  in 
I833-34- 


Chart  of  the  Family  of  Col.  James  Patterson  (No.  15) 


Col.  James  Pat- 
terson, No.  15, 
married  Mary 
Watson 


John  Watson  Patter- 
son, No  43, deceased 

Margaret  R.  Patterson, 
No.  44,  deceased 

James  Agnew  Patter- 
son, No.  45,  married 
Sarah  Margaret  Ster- 
rett 


Anna  Mary  Patterson, 

No     46,    marri  e  d-j  No  issue 
Robert  S.  Mcllvane 


Mary  Watson  Patterson 
Martha  Sterrett  Patterson,  dec'd 
James  Howard   Patterson,  dec'd 
William  Sterrett  Patterson,  dec'd 
Laura  Patterson,  dec'd 
Margaret  Jane  Patterson,  dec'd 


David  Watson  Patter- 
son, No.  47,  married 
Mary  R.  Slaymaker 


Harriet  B.  Patterson. 
No.  48,  married  Dr. 
J.  L.  Ziegler 

Rachel  J.  Patterson, 
No.  49,  unmarried 


James  Rodney  Patterson,  dec'd,  fR      ■      p.tt„5nn 

married  Ellen  Bomgardner  ^e»"a  Patterson 

Henry  S.  Patterson  married  Ida 

Miller 
Anna  C.  Patterson  married  Hon.  (  Mary  P.  McPherson 

John  B.  McPherson  (  Elizabeth W.  McPherson 

David  Watson  Patterson  married  j  Katherin  L    Patterson 

Julia  D.  Kaufman  \  David  W.  Patterson 

James  Patterson  Ziegler 
Walter  M.  L.  Ziegler 
J.  Stanley  Ziegler 
Thomas  M.  B.  Ziegler 
Mary  Rachel  Ziegler,  dec'd 


THE    DONEGAL   PRESBYTERIAN    CHURCH.  53 

Col.  J.  Patterson  was  elected  Elder  in  Donegal  Church,  in 
1 8 19,  and  served  until  the  close  of  his  life.  He  was  possessed 
with  natural  abilities,  and  decided  convictions  united  with  sound 
common  sense,  a  cheerful  disposition  and  genial  social  qualities. 
He  took  an  active  interest  in  civil  affairs,  was  a  strong  advocate 
of  our  common  school  system,  and  intensely  patriotic.  He  retired 
from  active  business  in  1844  and  moved  to  Mount  Joy,  where 
he  died  in  1863  ;  is  buried  at  Donegal  (grave  No.  157).  He 
married  Mary,  daughter  of  Dr.  John  Watson,  of  Donegal  Springs. 

His  son,  John  Watson  Patterson  (No.  43),  and  daughter, 
Margaret  R.  Patterson  (No.  44),  died  young.  James  Agnew 
Patterson  (No.  45)  married  Sarah  Margaret  Sterrett,  daughter 
of  Thomas  Sterrett  ;  they  had  six  children,  all  deceased,  except 
Mary  W. ,  who  resides  with  her  father  in  Mount  Joy.  He  owned 
and  occupied  the  homestead  Greenwood,  now  Seitz's,  which  he 
sold  about  forty  years  ago,  and  moved  to  Mount  Joy.  He  is  at 
present  the  only  Elder  of  Donegal  Church,  and  is  in  the 
eighty-ninth  year  of  his  age,  retaining  his  mental  faculties  to  a 
remarkable  degree.  He  served  as  school  director  during 
fifteen  years,  in  the  borough  of  Mount  Joy.  His  wife,  Sarah 
Margaret,  died  in  1858.  She  and  the  children  are  buried  at 
Donegal  (graves  Nos.  229,  230,  231,  232,  233).  Margaret  Jane 
is  buried  at  Marietta.* 

*  Since  the  above  was  written,  James  A.   Patterson  died,    January 
7th,  1899. 

Anna  Mary  Patterson  (No.  46)  married  Robert  S.  Mcllvane. 
She  died  in  Mount  Joy,  in  the  forty-third  year  of  her  age,  with- 
out issue  ;  is  buried  at  Donegal  (grave  No.  159). 

Hon. David  Watson  Patterson  (No.  47)  studied  and  practised 
law  in  Lancaster;  served  one  term  in  the  Legislature,  in  1847-48  ; 
served  three  years  as  District  Attorney  ;  went  out  as  Captain  of 
Company  E,  Tenth  Regiment,  of  General  Patterson's  Army,  in 
the  Rebellion,  in  1861  ;  was  a  member  of  the  Constitutional 
Convention  in  1873  ;  was  elected  Judge  of  the  Lancaster  County 
Court,  in  1874,  for  ten  years,  and  re-elected  in  1884.  He  died 
in  1892,  before  the  expiration  of  his  term.      His  son,  James  R. , 


54 


THE    DONEGAL   PRESBYTERIAN    CHURCH. 


studied  law  with  his  father  ;  he  died  in  1874.  Henry  S.  is  a 
successful  merchant  in  New  York  City.  David  W.  is  engaged 
in  business  in  Charlestown,  West  Virginia,  and  his  only  daughter, 
Anna  C. ,  is  the  wife  of  the  Hon.  John  B.  McPherson,  Judge  of 
the  Court  of  Dauphin  Co.,  Pa.,  and  resides  at  Harrisburg,  Pa.* 

*  Since  the  above  was  written,  Hon.  John  B.  McPherson  has  been 
appointed  Judge  of  the  United  States  District  Court  for  the  Eastern  District 
of  Pennsylvania,  and  resides  at  Philadelphia. 

Harriet  B.  Patterson  (No.  48)  married  Dr.  J.  L.  Ziegler. 
Their  children  are  :  Dr.  James  P.  Ziegler,  associated  with  his 
father  in  the  practice  of  medicine  in  Mount  Joy,  Pa. ;  Dr.  Walter 
M.  L.  Ziegler  is  practising  medicine  in  Philadelphia,  Pa. ;  J. 
Stanley  Ziegler  is  a  government  employe  in  Washington,  D.  C. ; 
and  Thomas  M.  B.  Ziegler  is  station  and  freight  agent  of  the 
Norfolk  and  Western  Railroad  Company  at  Luray,  Va.  Their 
daughter,  Mary  Rachel  Ziegler,  died  in  the  eighth  year  of  her 
age,  and  is  buried  at  Donegal  (grave  No.  246). 

Rachel  J.  Patterson  (No.  49)  is  unmarried  and  resides  with 
her  sister,  Mrs.  Ziegler. 

Margaret  Patterson  (No.  16),  daughter  of  James  Patterson 
(No.  5),  married  John  McConaughy,  of  Gettysburg,  Adams 
County,  Pa.     Their  descendants  are  as  follows  : 


Chart  of  the  Family  of  John  McConaughy 


f  Hannah     Mary    McConaughy 
married  Moses  McCIean 


John  McConaughy  mar- 
ried Margaret  Patterson,  - 
No.  16 


Rebecca     Ann 
died  young 

Robert  McConaughy  died,  un- 
married 

Margaret     McConaughy    died 
young 

James  Patterson  McConaughy 
married  Caroline  Mendel 


Elizabeth  McConaughy  mar- 
ried Martin  Luther  Stoever, 
Ph.  D.,  LL.  D. 

Martha  Emeline  McConaughy 
married  Rev.  David  Agnew 
Wilson 


William  McCIean 
Margaret  Patterson  McCIean 
John  McConaughy  McCIean 
Sarah  McGinley  McCIean 
I  Elizabeth  McConaughy  McCIean 
McConaughy  [Colin  Charlesworth  McCIean 


David      McConaughy, 
married 
1st,  Katherine  Arnold, 
2d,  Lena  Mathews 


Esq., 


Margaret  Patterson  McConaughy 
Florence  McConaughy 
John  Mendel  McConaughy 
Elizabeth  McConaughy 
Mary  Sophia  McConaughy 
R.  Wallace  McConaughy 
„  Caroline  McConaughy 

J  William  Caspar  Stoever 
)  Susan  E   Stoever 

J  David  McConaughy  Wilson  and 
j      a  daughter  who  died  in  infancy 

Geoige  Arnold  McConaughy 
John    McConaughy,  (first  wife's 

children)  both  deceased 
James  McConaughy 
Mary  McConaughy 
David  McConaughy 
.Samuel  Griffith  McConaughy 


THE    DONEGAL    PRESBYTERIAN    CHURCH. 


55 


The  Hon.  Moses  McClean  and  his  wife,  Hannah  Mary,  of 
Gettysburg,  Pa.,  are  both  deceased.  Mr.  McClean  served  one 
term  in  Congress.  Their  son,  Hon.  William  McClean,  was 
Judge  of  the  Court  of  Adams  Co. ,  Pa.  Their  daughter,  Sarah 
McGinley,  is  the  wife  of  the  Rev.  M.  H.  Richards,  D.  D.,  of 
Allentown,  Professor  in  Muhlenberg  College. 


Chart  of  the  Family  of  the  Hon.  William  McClean 


Hon.  William  McClean  mar- 
ried ist.  R.  Frances  Riggin 
2d,  Tillie  Gates 


Moses  McClean,  died  in  infancy 
Hannah  Mary  McClean 
Olivia  Cathell  McClean 
William  Archibald  McClean 
Fannie  Riggin  McClean,  dec'd 
Margaretta  P.  McClean,  dec'd 

Faith  McClean,  dec'd 
.  St.  John  McClean 


I-  ir>t  wife's  children 


Second  wife's  children 


Chart  of  the  Family  of  the  Rev.  M.  H.  Richards,  D  D. 


Rev.  M.  H.  Richards,  D  D.. 

married 

Sarah  McGinley  McClean 


Rev.  John  William  Richards 

married 

Caroline  Sarah  Pfeiflfer 

Mary  McConaughy  Richards 

m;iri  led 

David  Reeves  Stockton 

Dora  Richards 
Adelaide  Paul   Richards 
Bessie  Richards,  dec'd 
Rosa  Muhlenberg   Richards 


Matthias   Henry  Richards 
Dorothea  Young  Richards 
Richard  Stockton 
Ruth  Stockton 


James  Patterson  McConaughy  carried  on  an  extensive 
business  in  Johnstown,  Pa.  He,  his  wife  and  son,  R.  Wallace, 
were  lost  in  the  Johnstown  flood.  Elizabeth  McConaughy  is  the 
wife  of  Prof.  M.  L.  Stoever,  Ph.  D.,  LL.  D.,  of  Gettysburg 
College.  Their  son,  W.  C.  Stoever,  Esq.,  is  practising  law  in 
Philadelphia.  He  married  Miss  -Laura  M.  Perrine.  His  mother 
and  sister,  Miss  Sue  E.  Stoever,  reside  with  him. 

Martha  Emeline  McConaughy,  deceased,  was  the  wife  of  the 
Rev.  David  A.  Wilson,  D.  D.  They  spent  some  years  at 
Monrovia,  Africa,  as  missionaries,  where  Dr.  Wilson  had  charge 
of  a  college.  He  at  present  resides  with  his  son,  D.  McConaughy 
Wilson,  in  Milan,  Mo. 


56  THE    DONEGAL   PRESBYTERIAN    CHURCH. 

Hon.  David  McConaughy,  born  July  13th,  1823  ;  graduated 
at  Washington  College,  1840  ;  read  law  with  the  Hon.  Moses 
McClean,  in  Gettysburg  ;  was  admitted  to  the  Bar  in  1845  ;  was 
elected  to  the  Senate  of  Pennsylvania  in  1865,  and  served  1866, 
'67  and  '68  ;  originated  the  Evergreen  Cemetery  and  Battle- 
field Memorial  Association. 

Rebecca  Patterson  (No.  17),  daughter  of  James  Patterson 
(No.  5),  married  James  Scott.  Martha  Patterson  (No.  18) 
married  John  Scott.  Anna  Patterson  (No  19)  died  unmarried. 
Samuel  Patterson  (No.  20)  moved  west  ;  he  had  one  son,  Samuel 
A.  Patterson  (No.  50).  William  Patterson  (No.  21)  was  a 
physician  and  died  unmarried  ;  he  is  buried  in  the  old  Presby- 
terian graveyard,  near  Gettysburg.  The  following  is  a  copy  of 
the  inscription  on  his  tombstone  : 

"A  memorial 

of 

Dr.    William  Patterson 

Who  was  removed  by  death  Sept:  4th  1806  Aged  26  years 

Friends    of    learning   and    humanity,    His    name    merits    your 

veneration.      His  life  was  devoted  to  the  successful  pursuit  of 

useful  knowledge.     To  extend  its  blessings  widely,  especially  to 

the  destitute,  was  a  design  with  which  his  benevolent  heart  was 

seriously  occupied.      In  his  unblemished  character  and  in  the 

cheerful  fortitude  with  which  he  saw  his  days  terminate  in  the 

midst  of    youth,   the  authority  of  religion  and  strength  of    its 

consolations  were  manifest.      Death  at  whatever  season  it  comes 

is  to  a  good  man  unspeakable  great  gain." 

William  Patterson  (No.  9),  son  of  Arthur  Patterson  (No.  1), 
owned  and  resided  on  the  place,  now  John  S.  Nissley's.  Three 
hundred  and  twenty-four  and  one-half  acres  were  deeded  to 
William  by  the  widow  and  heirs  of  Arthur  Patterson  (No.  1), 
who  died  intestate.  The  acknowledgment  of  the  deed  is  as 
follows,  and  embraces  the  whole  family  of  Arthur  (No.  1), 
copied  from  the  original  : 

"  Be  it  remembered  that  on  13th  day  of  December,  A.  D. , 
1764  :  Before  me  the  subscriber  one  of  his  Majesty's  Justice  of 


THE    DONEGAL    PRESBYTERIAN    CHURCH.  57 

the  Peace  for  the  County  of  Lancaster,  came  the  within  named 
Ann  Patterson — Samuel  Patterson — James  Patterson — Elizabeth 
Patterson — Jean  Patterson — Rebecca  Patterson — Robert  Hayes 
and  Catherine  his  wife  late  Catherine  Patterson  and  Ephraim 
Moore  and  Eleanor  his  wife  late  Eleanor  Patterson  and  ac- 
knowledged the  within  indenture  to  be  their  act  and  deed  and 
desire  the  same  might  be  recorded  as  such.      Witness  my  hand 

and  seal  the  same  day  and  year."  . ^ 

John  Allison  /seal] 

This  was  one-half  of  the  two  original  and  contiguous  tracts, 
three  hundred  and  fifty-five  and  two  hundred  and  ninety-four 
acres,  patented  by  Arthur  Patterson  (No.  i).  William  Patterson 
(No.  9)  married  Elizabeth  Dysart  ;  their  children  were  Arthur 
Patterson  (No.  22),  Eleanor  Patterson  (No.  23),  and  Alexander 
(No.  24).  William,  like  many  of  the  heroic  members  of  the 
Donegal  congregation,  left  home  and  fireside  and  offered  his 
services  in  defence  of  the  cause  of  freedom.  He  served  in  the 
War  of  the  Revolution  until  captured  by  the  British  and  confined 
on  a  prison  ship,  where  he  died.  "  He  was  Second  Lieutenant, 
First  Lancaster  County  Battalion,  Seventh  Company,  Flying 
Camp." — (Penna.  Archives.)  The  following  certificate  of  death 
is  given  as  additional  corroborative  historical  evidence,  copied 
from  the  original  : 

'  •  This  is  to  certify  that  William  Patterson  late  of  Rapho 
Township,  Lancaster  County,  Gentleman,  was  elected  as  a 
Second  Lieutenant  of  foot  of  the  First  Battalion  of  Lancaster 
County,  flying  camp  on  or  about  the  12th  Day  of  August  one 
thousand  seven  hundred  and  seventy-six  and  that  he  was  after- 
wards commissioned  and  that  he  served  with  reputation  as  a 
Second  Lieutenant  in  said  Battalion  (of  which  I  was  major)  until 
the  Twenty-seventh  Day  of  August  aforesaid  at  which  time  he 
was  made  a  prisoner  of  war  at  the  Battle  of  Long  Island  and 
that  he  died  during  his  captivity.  That  he  behaved  himself  with 
propriety  and  bravery  as  an  officer  from  about  the  seventh  of 
July  in  the  year  of  our  Lord  one  thousand  seven  hundred  and 
seventy  six  until  the  time  of  his  captivity  aforesaid.      As  witness 


58 


THE    DONEGAL    PRESBYTERIAN    CHURCH. 


my  hand  this  fifth  day  of   May  in  the  year  of  our  Lord,   one 
thousand  seven  hundred  and  eighty  six."  -, 

Wm.   Hay  /seal] 

Sworn  to  the  truth  of  this  certificate  in  open  Court,  May  5th,  1786. 

John  Hubley,  Clrk. 
p.  hoofnagle 
John  Jago 


Witness  Present 


Arthur  Patterson  (No.  22),  son  of  William  (No.  9),  owned 
and  occupied  the  homestead  of  his  father,  now  John  S.  Nissley's, 
one  of  the  finest  stone  buildings  in  the  neighborhood.  His 
family  is  as  follows  : 


The  family  of  Arthur  Patterson  (No.  22) 


Arthur    Patterson,    No.    22, 
married  Catherine  Oberlin 


William     Patterson    married 
Elizabeth  Wislar 


Alexander  Patterson,  dec'd, 
married  Elizabeth  Hol- 
linger 

Jane  Patterson  married  Peter 
Lindemuth 


Elizabeth  Patterson  married 
Rev.  John  Arthur 

Douglas  Patterson,  dec'd 


Anna  Catherine  Patterson 
Arthur  Douglas  Pattejson 
Francis  Alexander  Patterson 
William  Seward  Patterson 
John  Wislar  Patterson 
Elizabeth  Sarah  Patterson 
Charles  Lincoln  Patterson 
Carrie  Emily  Patterson 
Alice  Patterson 


No  issue 


William  Lindemuth 

Mary  Catherine  Lindemuth 

Frank  Lindemuth 

Harriet  Arthur 
Mary  Arthur 
Alexander  Arthur 
Wilmer  Arthur 
Anna  Arthur 
Elizabeth  Arthur 
Sallie  Arthur 


Dr  Arthur  Patterson  married     f   Jennie  C.    Patterson 
Emily  A.  Hooper  ^  Mary  Frances  Patterson 

Eleanor  Patterson  (No.  23),  daughter  of  William  (No.  9), 
died  single.  Alexander  Patterson  (No.  24),  son  of  William 
(No.  9),  owned  and  resided  on  the  farm  on  the  Lancaster  and 
Mount  Joy  Turnpike,  now  Mrs.  Seitz's  place.  He  married  Jean 
Pedan,  daughter  of  Hugh  Pedan  ;  their  children  were  William, 
Elizabeth  and  Eliza  Jane  ;  all  three  died  in  their  youth.  Their 
only  surviving  daughter,  Sarah  Ann  (No.  57),  married  Abraham 
Hatfield,  whose  family  is  as  follows  : 


THE    DONEGAL    PRESBYTERIAN    CHURCH. 


59 


Chart  of  the  Family  of  Abraham  Hatfield 


Sarah  Ann  Patterson, 
No.  57,  married 
Abraham  Hatfield 


Alexander   P.    Hatfield,  f 
dec'd 

Eliza  Jane  Hatfield  mar- J 
ried  Joseph  B.  Miller 

Samuel       K.      Hatfield, 

dec'd 
Florence  Hatfield,  dec'd 

John      Gilbert     Hatfield 
married  Emma  Ralston 

Emma  Hatfield   married 

Joseph  Beale1 
Anna  Mary  P.  Hatfield, 

dec'd 
Alice  Hatfield 


Kate  V.  Miller 

Florence  Miller   married 
Walter  S.  Jeffries 

Benjamin  J    Miller  mar- 
ried Florence  Levis 

Charles    H.    Miller  mar-  fW.  Kendal  Miller 
ried  Elizabeth  Kendal   \C.  Horace  Miller 

Herbert  Miller 

Harry  G.  Hatfield  mar-  /John  Gilbert  Hat- 

ried  Emma  McClure      \     field 
Anna  P.  Hatfield 
Chauncy  B.  Hatfield 
Clara  B.  Hatfield 


Partial  Chart  of  the  Family  of  Ephraim  Moore 


Ephraim  Moore 
married  Elea- 
nor Patterson 


f  James  Moore 
Anna  Moore  married 
David   Hays,  No. 
9;  see  Hays  chart, 
page  62 
Arthur  Moore 
Elizabeth  Moore  mar- 
ried Arthur  Patter- 
son, No.  11 
Samuel  Moore 
Ephraim  Moore 
William    Moore 
married   Elizabeth 
Barber 


[  Hugh  Moore 


Mary  Moore 

William  Moore 

Ellen  Moore 

John  Moore 

Alexander       P.       Moore  f  John  Agnew  Moore 
married    ist,   Rebecca     Anna  Maria  Moore 
Junkin;  2d,  Anna  Sat-  j  Mary  Elizabeth  Moore 
erfield.     No  issue  with  1  Benjamin  Junkin  Moore 
2d  wife  David  Alexander  Moore 

Eliza  Moore  I.  Harry  M.  Moore 

David  Moore 


A  number  of  the  descendants  of  Ephraim  Moore  appear  on 
this  list  of  whom  I  have  no  authentic  knowledge  except  their 
names.  His  children  are  mentioned  in  his  will  except  two,  Hugh 
and  Arthur,  whose  names  are  on  a  family  record,  and  presumably 
were  dead  before  his  will  was  written,  which  is  dated  September 
9th,  1776,  and  probated  December  nth,  1776.  With  Alexander 
P.  Moore,  a  grandson  of  Ephraim,  the  writer  was  personally 
acquainted. 

The  Scott  Family. 

This  is  one  among  the  early  families  of  Donegal  Church. 
They  are  connected  by  marriage  with  the  Pattersons,  Agnews, 
Pedans,  Lytles,  Hayeses  and  others.  When  the  family  came  to 
America  is  not  definitely  known,  but  may  be  inferred  that  from 
about  the  years  17 14  to  1730,  many  Protestants  emigrated 
from  Ireland  to  America,  and  that  the  settlements  of  the  Scotts 
and  Pattersons  in  this  country  were  contiguous ;  and  that  the  son- 
in-law  of  Abraham  Scott,  Arthur  Patterson,  arrived  in  1724,  the 
inference  is  that  the  Scott  family  came  over  about  the  same  time. 


1  The  writer  acknowledges  his  indebtedness  to  Mr.  Joseph  Beale  for  valuable  assistance  and 
information  relative  to  the  Hatfield  family. 


6o 


THE    DONEGAL   PRESBYTERIAN    CHURCH. 


A  Partial  Chart  of  Abraham  Scott's  Family 


Samuel   Scott,    No.    2,    born 

i6q7,    married    1st,    J 

Poage  or  Poake ;  ad,  Han-   > 
nah  Boyd 


Abraham  Scott, 
No.    1,    married  -j 


f  Samuel  Scott,  No.  2,  had  one  child, 
Samuel  Scott,  Jr.,  who  died  in  his  sixth 
year,  is  buried  at  Donegal  (Grave  No. 
95).  Three  of  his  nephews  are  legatees 
in  his  will,  viz  ;  Samuel  Patterson,  No. 
3,  son  of  my  sister  Ann.  No.  3  ;  Hugh 
Pedan,  son  to  my  sister  Grisel,  No.  5, 
and  Samuel  Agnew,  son  of  James 
Agnew  and  my  sister  Rebt-cca,  No.  7, 
and  also  to  my  two  brothers-in-law, 
Poage  or  Poake 


Ann  Scott,  No.  3,  born  169,9,  ( 
died  1772,  married  Arthur  -< 
Patterson,  No.  1  ( 


vide:  Patterson  chart,  page  45 


Abraham  Scott,  No.  4,  born 
1702 


Had  two  sons,  viz:   Josiah,  No.  9.  and 

Thomas,  No.  10,  named  as  legatees  in 

the  will  of  Alexander  Scott,  No.  8      He 

may  have  had  more  children.     I  have 

I       no  knowledge  of  his  wife's  name 


Grisel    Scott,    No.     5,    born    f     .,       _    , 

1704,  married  John  Pedan  '1   vlde  :  Pedan  family  chart,  page  90 


Josiah  Scott,  No. 
1706,  died  1765, 
Mary 


6,    born 
married 


Robert  Scott,  No.  n  ;  Elizabeth,  No.  12  ; 
Jane,  No.  13  ;  Alexander  Scott,  No.  14  ; 
son-in-law,  David  Hayes  ;  Ann  Scott, 
No.  15  (Galbraith,  buried  at  Donegal, 
Grave  No.  15.):  Jean  Scott,  No  16, 
the  wife  of  David  Hayes,  Jr  ;  Esther 
Scott,  No    17,  are  legatees  in  his  will 


Rebecca   Scott,  No.  7,  born 
1706,    died    1789,    married 
James    Agnew,    who    was    , 
first     married     to    Martha   ] 

,   by   whom   he   had 

two  children 


Alexander  Scott,  No.  8,  born 
1716,  married  Mary  Carr 


First  wife's  children  : 
John  Agnew,  No.  18 
Janet  Agnew,  No.  19 

Second  wife's  children  : 
Samuel  Agnew,  No.  20 
Martha  Agnew,  No.  21,  married  Samuel 

Patterson,  No.  3 
James    Agnew,   No.   22,   married    Mary 

Ramsey 
David    Agnew,    No     23,   married    Mary 

Erwin 
Margaret  Agnew,  No.  24,  married  James 

Patterson,  No.  5 
Rebecca  Agnew.  No.  25 
Sarah  Agnew,  No.  26 
Abraham  Agnew,  No.  27 
Anna  Agnew,  No.  28 

f  No  issue  In  his  will  he  leaves  legacies 
to  Hugh  Pedan,  son  10  my  sister  Grisel, 
No.  5;  to  his  brother  Samuel  Scott, 
No.  2  ;  to  Josiah  Scott,  No  9,  son  to 
my  brother  Abraham  Scott,  No.  4,  de- 
ceased ;  to  Joseph  Tidball,  of  Philadel- 
phia ;  to  Samuel  Patterson,  No.  3, 
son  to  my  sister  Ann,  No.  3  ;  to 
Eleanor  Moore  (Patterson,  No.  6,), 
daughter  to  my  sister  Ann,  No.  3  ;  to 
William  Carr,  my  brother-in-law  ;  to 
Alexander  Carr,  son  to  William  Carr; 
to  Elizabeth  Hayes,  daughter  of  David 
Hayes,  deceased  ;  Thomas  Scott,  No. 
10,  son  to  my  brother  Abraham,  No.  4 ; 
to  John  Hayes;  to  David  Hayes;  to 
Patrick  Hayes;  to  Jean  Carr,  and  to 
Abraham  Lowry,  my  sister's  son  in 
Cumberland  County 


THE    DONEGAL    PRESBYTERIAN    CHURCH. 


6l 


Chart  of  the  Family  and  Descendants  of  Hugh  Scott, 
Brother  of  Josiah 


Hugh  Scott, mar- 
ried Janet  Ag- 
new,  No.  19 


f  Abraham  Scott, 
No.  29,  mar- 
ried 1st,  Mar- 
garet McClean  f 
zd,  Jane  Kerr; 
3d,  Margaret 
McMullen 

Rebecca  Scott, 
No.  30,  mar- 
ried Mr.  Van- 
amon 

Hugh  Scott,  No. 
30,  married 
Miss  Dickey 

James  Scott,  No. 
32,  married 
Kebecca  Pat- 
terson, No.  17 


James  Lawrence 
Scott,  No.  50. 


Jane  Scott,  No. 


Sarah  Scott,  No. 
33,  married 
Mr.  Jordan 

Elizabeth  Scott, 
No.  34,  mar- 
ried Mr.  Todd 

Joseph  Scott, 
No. 35,  married 
Jane  Darrah 


John  Scott,  No. 
36,  married 
Martha  Pat- 
terson, No.  18 


Hugh  Scott,  No. 
37,  married  1st, 
Leah  Spang- 
ler ;  2d,  Mar- 
garet Dixon        [ 

Margaret  Scott, 
No.  38 

Dr.  James  Pat- 
terson Scott, 
No.  39 

John  Scott,  No. 

wlfliam      Scott,  [  Ja™es  P-  Scott> 
No.    41,    mar-      „  Su    c     » 

ried    Margaret      Henry  H.  Scott, 

Hubbel  N°J^?'nmar" 

[      ried  Llla  Davis 

f  JamesScottAsh- 
man 
John  Ashman 
Ellen  B.  Ashman 
1  ieorge  Ashman 
42,    married)  Richard  Ash- 
George    Ash- 1       man 
man  j   David    H.   Ash- 

man 
Rebecca  M.Ash- 
I       man 


f  Martha  Jane  Of- 
ficer, married 
Rev.  Thomas 
M.  Newal 

Thomas  Officer, 
married  Eliza- 
beth Pusey 

Sarah  Ellen  Offi- 
cer married 
-j       William  Pusey 

Rebecca  Ann  Of- 
ficer married 
Niel  Blaine 

John  Officer 
married  Mar- 
tha Lockwood 

Robert  Officer 

William  Officer 
I  David  Officer 


{  Margaret  Scott, 
No.  43,  mar- 
ried Robert 
Officer 

Jane  Scott,  No. 
44- 

Rebecca  Scott, 
No.  45 
J  James  Patterson 
Scott,  No.  46, 
married  Miss 
Semple 

John  Scott,  No. 

47 
Randolf  Scott, 

No.  48 
Decatur  Scott, 

No.  49 


William  Scott, 
No.  53,  and 
Miles  M.  Scott 
No.  54 


Margaret  Blaine 
and  Robert 
Blaine 


62  THE    DONEGAL   PRESBYTERIAN    CHURCH. 

The   Hayes    Family. 

Some  of  the  members  of  this  family  occupied  a  prominent 
position  in  the  affairs  of  Donegal  Church.  David  Hayes  (No.  i), 
(sometimes  spelled  Hays)  was  an  Elder,  and  is  mentioned  as  one 
of  the  Session  to  whom  the  patent  deed  for  the  Glebe  was  granted 
to  the  Church  in  1740.  A  number  of  his  descendants  took  an 
active  part  in  the  War  of  the  Revolution.  There  are  few  records 
extant  relating  to  the  family.  The  following  partial  chart  has 
been  prepared  from  data  that  have  been  verified  : 

f  John  Hayes,  Sr.,  No.  2,    f  T  ,      „  .       .. 

married  El.zabeth |John  Hayes-  Jr-  No-  7 

f  Jean  Hayes,  No.  8,  mar-   f,T     . 
Robert    Hayes,    No.    3,  ried  Adam  Tate  jNo  lssue 

married  Catherine  Pat-  jD.d     R  f  Robert  Hayes 

terson  .,/'«»  9'  ■<  Patrick    Havps 

David  Hayes,  No.  1,  I  L  m1ar"?Jd  Ann  Moore      1  ™£,ck    £*£« 

married  Jean  Kerr  *  I Arthur  HaVes>  No.  10        <■  Ueanor   Hayes 

Patrick    Hayes,   No.    4,  fr,     .  ,  IT  ,T 

married  Susannah j  David  Hayes,  No.  11 

David     Hayes,     No.    5,  (,-,,.     .    .,    „  „ 

married  Jean  Scott  {Elizabeth  Hayes.  No.  12 

A  daughter  married  Alex- 
ander Scott,  No.  6 

David  Hayes  (No.  i),  in  his  will,  dated  March  15th,  1776, 
Rapho  Township,  approved  May  31st,  1780,  names  as  legatees 
his  wife,  Jean;  son-in-law,  Alexander  Scott  (No.  6);  sons, 
John  (No.  2)  and  Robert  (No.  3);  nephew,  David  Kerr  ;  son, 
Patrick  (No.  4);  daughter-in-law,  Jean  ;  and  grandchild,  Eliza- 
beth (No.  12),  daughter  of  my  son,  David  (No.  5),  deceased. 

John  Hayes,  Sr.,  (No.  2)  died  January  26th,  181 3.  His 
son,  John,  Jr.  (No.  7),  born  December  5th,  1775,  died  No- 
vember 27th,  1813. 

Concerning  Robert  Hayes  (No.  3),  there  are  no  data  except 
his  family  record  and  his  signature  in  a  deed,  made  in  1764,  to 
William  Patterson,  when  he  signs  as  the  husband  of  Catherine 
Hayes,  formerly  Catherine  Patterson.  In  the  will  of  Catherine 
Hayes,  nee  Patterson,  their  children  are  mentioned  as  legatees, 
and  their  grandchildren,  the  children  of  David  Hayes  (No.  9), 
who  married  Ann  Moore,  daughter  of  Ephraim  and  Eleanor 
Moore  (see  Moore  chart,  page  59). 

The  husband  of  Jean  Hayes  (No.  8)  was  the  son  of  the 
Rev.  Joseph  Tate,  Pastor  of  Donegal  Church. 


THE    DONEGAL    PRESBYTERIAN    CHURCH. 


65 


Chart  of  the  Family  and  Descendants  of  James  Agnew 


James  Agnew  mar- 
ried 1st,  Martha 
;  2d,  Re- 
becca Scott.  No.  7, 
daughter  of  Abra- 
ham Scott,  No.  1, 
by  whom  he  had  9 
children  John  and 
Jannet  were  by  his 
first  wife 


(  John  Agnew,  No.  2, 
born  March  4, 1 732, 
died  at  Carlisle 
April  8,  1790,  un- 
married. He  was 
Provincial  Justice 
1770,  member  of 
the  Committee  of 
Observation,  1776, 
Clerk  of  Quarter 
Sessions  1777,  and 
Judge  of  the  Court 
of  Common  Pleas 
1784 
Jannet  Agnew,  No. 
3,  married  Hugh 
Scott 


Martha  Agnew,  No. 
4,  married  Samuel 
Patterson,  No  31 

James  Agnew,  No.  5, 
married  Mary 
Ramsey 


David  Agnew,  No.  6, 
married  Mary  Ir- 
win 

Margaret  Agnew, 
No.  7,  married 
James  Patterson, 
No.  51 

Rebecca  Agnew, 
No.  8 

Sarah  Agnew,  No.  9 

Abraham    Agnew, 
No.  10 
[  Anna  Agnew,  No.  n 


Abraham  Scott 
Rebecca  Scott 
Hugh  Scott 

James    Scott   married  Re- 
becca Patterson,  No.  171 
]    Sarah  Scott 

I    Elizabeth  Scott 
Joseph  Scott 
John   Scott   married   Mar- 
[       tha  Patterson,  No.  181 
r  Arthur  Patterson,  No.  n1 
James  Patterson,  No.  121 
Samuel  Patterson,  No.  131 
J    Rebecca  Patterson,  No  581 
married    Rev.    Matthew 
Henderson 

I   Samuel     Agnew,    M.    D., 

j       No.  13 

[  Ann  Agnew,  No.  14 
James  Agnew,  No.  15 
John  Agnew,  No.  16 
David  Agnew,  No    17 
Rebecca  Agnew,  No.  18 
Mary  Agnew,  No.  19 
Robert  Agnew,  M.  D.,  No 
20,  married  Agnes  Hen- 
derson 
Samuel  Agnew,  No   21 
Martha  Agnew,  No.  22 
Smith  Agnew,  No.  23 
James  Agnew  (2d),  No.  24 

L  Gibson  Agnew,  No.  25 


f  Martha  Hender- 
son 

Mary  Henderson 
I    Rebecca    Hen- 
derson 

Samuel  Hender- 
son 

Rev.  Kbene7er 
Henderson 
married  Agnes 
Noble 

James  P.  Hen- 
derson, M.  D., 

Aithur  Hender- 
son 

The  only  son  of 
Robert  Agnew, 
D.  Hayes  Ag- 
new, M.  D., 
LL.  D.,No.26, 
Prof,  of  Surg. 
University  of 
Penna. 


The  writer  has  no  evidence  of  James  Agnew,  the  founder  of 
this  family,  being  a  member  of  Donegal  congregation.  By  inter- 
marriage with  the  Scotts,  Pattersons,  Hayeses  and  others,  the 
family  becomes  a  legitimate  descendant  of  Donegal.  The  reader, 
by  tracing  the  numbers  on  these  family  charts,  will  learn  their 
close  relationship.  There  are  many  of  which  the  writer  has  no 
knowledge,  except  their  names,  obtained  from  family  records  ; 
for  obvious  reasons  some  are  repeated  on  this  chart  ;  the  de- 
scendants of  Martha  Agnew  (No.  4)  appear  on  the  Patterson 
chart,  page  45. 


Vide  :  Patterson  chart,  page  45. 


64 


THE    DONEGAL   PRESBYTERIAN    CHURCH. 


The  mother,  Agnes  Henderson,  of  Dr.  D.  Hayes  Agnew  was 
the  widow  of  Rev.  Ebenezer  Henderson,  by  whom  she  had  two 
children — James  P.  Henderson,  M.  D.,  and  Arthur  Henderson. 

Rebecca  Scott  (No.  7)  was  a  sister  of  Ann  Scott  (No.  3), 
the  wife  of  Arthur  Patterson,  the  founder  of  the  Patterson  family 
of  Donegal. 


THE    DONEGAL    PRESBYTERIAN    CHURCH.  65 

It  will  be  observed  from  the  foregoing  chart  that  the  claim 
of  Donegal  Church  for  the  honor  of  President  William  McKinley 
as  one  of  its  descendants  is  fully  established.* 

*  Corroborated  by  Chas.  R.  Miller,  Esq.,  Canton,  Ohio. 

David  McKinley,  who  married  Sarah  Gray,  the  grand- 
daughter of  James  Stephenson,  was  from  the  neighborhood  of 
the  Chanceford  Presbyterian  Church,  in  York  County,  Pa. 
Some  of  the  McKinley  descendants  still  reside  in  the  vicinity 
and  a  number  of  them  rest  in  the  burying  ground  of  the  old 
Chanceford  Church.  The  following  inscriptions  are  from  their 
tombstones  : 

Thomas  McKinley  William  W.  McKinley  ,  ,      ,,   tr.   , 

Born  Jan   25th,  1769  Born  Sept.  23d,  1807  r..J" ""  McJ .    nle3L„ 

rv   a    ai  j      o*  rv    j  XT  .u      o  Died  March  20.  1888 

Died   May  2d,  1861  Died  Nov.  12th,  1891  .  ". 

aged  92  years,  3  mo.  aged  84  years,  1  mo.  age     "j5?3." '  .  m°' 

and  8  days  and  19  days  and  7  days 

Elizabeth   McKinley  t>  »,   v-   , 

■1      c                                        Rosanna  McKinley  »  u    c    at    v    1 

wile  of  tj ,,„         .      0  3  Annie  M.  S.  McKinley 

Thomas  McKinley  nwn           j's7  Died  Dec.  1,  1891 

Died  Sept    i8th,  1849  £ied        C'    r3<=  •     ™1  aged  22  years,  8  mo. 

1                          _.  aged  70  years,  7  mo.  °         j          j 

aged  70  years,  7  mo.  °       ',  }       ,     '  and  15  days 

„' j    o  j„  a°d  21  days  J       J 

and  18  days  ' 

Stephen  McKinley  Sarah  McKinley  William  S.  McKinley 

Born  Aug.  18th,  1801  Born  April  19th,  1803  Born  March  17,  1835 

Died  Nov.  17th,  1878  Died  Feb.  18th,  1879  Died  Feb.  13th,  1883 

aged  77  years,  2  mo.  aged  75  years,  9  mo.  aged  47  years,  10  mo. 

and  29  days  and  29  days                                       and  27  days 

Jane 

wife  of  Elizabeth  McKinley 
Stephen  McKinley  Born  May  25,  1810 

Born  Jan.  27th,  1801  Died  Sept.  17,  1877 

Died  July  18th,  1875  aged  67  years,  3  mo. 
aged  74  years,  5  mo.  and  23  days 

and  21  days 

David  McKinley  was  born  1755,  in  York  Co.,  Pa.,  in  the 
vicinity  of  the  Chanceford  Presbyterian  Church.  He  took  an 
active  part  in  the  Revolutionary  War.  He  married  Sarah  Gray, 
the  granddaughter  of  James  Stephenson,  of  Donegal  ;  he  had  a 
large  family  ;  he  died  in  Ohio.  His  son,  James  McKinley,  was 
born  in  1783  ;  he  married  Polly  Rose  and  resided  on  a  farm  in 
Mercer  Co. ,  Pa. ;  he  became  engaged  in  the  iron  business  at 
Lisbon,  Ohio  ;  he  was  an  elder  in  the  Lisbon  Presbyterian 
Church.  His  son,  William  McKinley,  was  born  in  1807  ;  he 
resided  at  Poland,  Ohio  ;  he  married  Nancy  Allison,  a  lady  of 
Scotch- Irish  blood ;  they  had  nine  children,  the  seventh  of  whom  is 


66  THE    DONEGAL    PRESBYTERIAN    CHURCH. 

our  President,  Major  William  McKinley,  born  January  29th,  1843. 
Whatever  the  President's  mother's  denominational  predilections 
may  have  been,  the  name  of  Allison  was  held  in  high  estimation 
among  the  early  founders  of  Donegal  Church  in  the  person  of 
John  Allison  as  an  elder  and  a  member  of  the  Session  to  whom 
was  granted  the  Wm.  Penn  patent  deed  for  the  Glebe  in  1740. 
As  early  as  1738  a  patent  deed  was  granted  to  Richard  Allison 
for  a  tract  of  land  about  one  mile  south  of  Donegal  Church. 
His  son  James  died,  leaving  sons  Richard  and  James  and  two 
daughters.  William  Allison's  name  appears  as  a  member  of 
Donegal  congregation,  and  George  Allison  as  a  member  of 
Conewago  Church,  an  offshoot  of  Donegal.  Subsequently  the 
name  of  Allison,  like  some  others  of  the  old  Church,  disappear 
from  the  records,  having  acquired  the  spirit  of  westward  move- 
ment. Donegal  Church  may  feel  a  just  pride  in  the  descendant, 
Major  William  McKinley,  President  of  the  United  States,  whose 
birth  and  training  has  been  from  a  Presbyterian  ancestry  that  has 
left  its  impress  of  civil  and  religious  freedom  upon  this  govern- 
ment from  its  incipiency  to  the  present  time. 

Dr.  John  Watson,  born  December  25th,  1762,  died  Novem- 
ber 1 6th,  1843,  (buried at  Donegal,  grave  No.  43).  His  father, 
David  Watson,  was  Lieutenant  in  Col.  Crawford's  Fifth  Battalion, 
Lancaster  Co.  Militia,  and  a  member  of  the  Committee  of  Observa- 
tion, 1777.  His  uncle,  James  Watson,  was  Colonel  of  the  Second 
Battalion,  1777,  and  his  brother,  Nathaniel  Watson,  was  Major- 
General  in  the  War  of  18 12- 14.  Dr.  John  Watson  owned  and 
resided  on  the  Stephenson  (sometimes  spelled  Stevenson)  farm 
at  Donegal  Springs,  at  present  owned  by  the  Hon.  J.  Donald 
Cameron.  This  was  patented  by  James  Stephenson.  In  1780 
it  was  deeded  to  David  Watson,  grandson  of  James  Stephenson, 
and  by  him  deeded  to  his  son,  Dr.  John  Watson,  in  1785,  who 
owned  and  occupied  it  until  his  death,  which  occurred  in  1843. 
His  son,  Dr.  Nathaniel  Watson,  sold  it  to  the  Hon.  Simon 
Cameron  in  1872.  The  original  Stephenson  tract  contained 
three  hundred  and  fourteen  acres.  It  has  not  been  divided  to  the 
present  time.  How  long  it  was  in  the  possession  of  James 
Stephenson   is  not    definitely  known.      It  was    in    the  Watson 


THE    DONEGAL    PRESBYTERIAN    CHURCH. 


67 


family  nearly  one  hundred  years,  until  1872,  when  it  passed  into 
the  Cameron  family,  so  that  from  its  original  occupation  to  the 
present  time  there  were  but  three  family  owners— Stephenson, 
Watson  and  Cameron. 

Dr.  John  Watson  had  a  very  laborious  practice,  extending 
over  a  large  territory,  traversed  entirely  on  horseback.  His 
reputation  as  a  skilful  physician  required  much  labor  to  meet 
the  constant  demands  for  his  services.  He  married  Margaret 
Clemson  and  had  the  following  family  and  descendants  : 


Chart  of  the  Watson  Family  and  Descendants 


I'r  John  Watson 
married  Margaret 
Clemson 


n  married  Col.  James  Patterson.  No.  .5.     See  Patterson 
chart  page  45 
Rachel  Watson  married  William   Brown.     No  issue 
l>r    David  Watson  married .     No  issue 

tret  Watson  married   Rer.  Alexander  Boyd 
John  Watson  died  unmarried 

Di   Nathaniel  Watson  married  Maria  li 
Sarad  Watson  mat  1     Ellmaker 

I    Rev.  Janice  t  .  Watson,  1 1.  !>.,  married  Margaret  Wvnkoop 


Chart  of  the  Rev.  Alexander  Boyd's  Family 


Margaret     Watson     married 
Rev.  Alexander  Boyd 


Mary     Boyd     married     Rev. 

Samuel  S.  Sheddan,  D    D 


Boyd    married 
I  >r.  Matthew  A.  Henderson 


Anna  Sheddan 
Alexander  B.  Sheddan 
Sheddan 
William  Sheddan 
Mary  W.  Sheddan 

Elizabeth     Henderson     died 
young 

ider  B.  Henderson 
Anna  Henderson 
Marj   S.   Henderson 
Margaret  Henderson 


Dr.  Nathaniel  Watson,  son  of  Dr.  John  Watson,  was  born 
February  nth,  1800;  died  December  18th,  1886.  He  succeeded 
his  father  in  the  practice  of  medicine.  He  had  a  very  extensive 
practice,  was  very  successful  and  highly  esteemed  by  his  clientele. 
Many  are  yet  living  who  remember  him  and  his  cheerful  visits  in 
the  sick-room.  The  writer  spent  four  years  ( from  1840  to  1844) 
under  his  tutorage,  and  recalls  with  pleasure  the  many  happy 
hours  spent  at  Donegal  Springs.  He  married  Maria  Haines 
and  had  the  following  family  and  descendants  : 


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THE  DONEGAL  PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH. 


Chart  of  Nathaniel  Watson's  Family 


Dr.  Nathaniel  Watson  mar- 
ried Maria  Haines 


James    P.    Watson    married 
Mary  Hoover 

Charlotte  R.  Watson  married 

Hiram  Herr 
Margaret  C.  Watson  married 

Henry  H.  Wiley 
Anthony     Haines     Watson, 

deceased 
Susan  Mary  Watson  married 

John  W.  Johnson 
Rachel  Brown  Watson,  dec'd 
Harriet  P    Watson 
t    Dr.  David  R.  Watson,  dec'd 


Maria  H.  Watson 
Sarah  A.  Watson 
Rachel  B.  Watson 
James  N.  Watson 
Susan  M.  Watson 
H.  Watson  Herr,  deceased 
Benjamin  D.  Herr 

Margaret  Jones  Wiley 

Howard  L.  Johnson,  dec'd 
Mary  Johnson 
Margaret  W.  Johnson 
John  Watson  Johnson,  dec'd 
Harriet  W.  Johnson 


Chart  of  the  Family  of  the  Rev.  James  C.  Watson,  D.  D. 


Rev.  James  C.  Watson, 
D.  D.,  married  Margaret 
Wynkoop 


Mary  Watson 

Henry  W.  Watson,  Attorney- 
at-Law,  married  ist,  Mary 
Montgomery,  no  issue;  2d, 
Mary  Cummin 

R.  Belville  Watson,  M.  D., 
married  ist,  Emma  L.  Gra- 
fius  ;  2d,  Annie  Elliot 


James  Cummin  Watson 
Mary  Irwin  Watson 

Laura  G   Watson 
Mary  Watson 
Grace  H.  Watson 


The  Ellmaker  family  is  very  large  ;  the  accompanying  chart 
only  represents  the  family  of  Esaias  Enfield  Ellmaker,  whose 
descendants  belong  to  those  of   Donegal. 

Chart  of  the  Family  of  Esaias  Enfield  Ellmaker 


Esaias  Enfield  Ell- 
maker married 
Sarah  Watson 


Nathaniel        Ellmaker 

married     Barbara  -{   No  issue 

Hiestand,  both  dec'd 
Elizabeth        Ellmaker    I 

married  Benjamin  R.  -< 

Hatfield,  both  dec'd    ( 
Margaret  Clemson  Ell- 
maker diedunmarried 
Mary  Rachel  Ellmaker    f 

married    Dr.  W.   H.  < 

Gunkle  I 


Had  7  children, all  deceased 
except  the  youngest, 
Benjamin  Hatfield 


Mary  Catherine  Gunkle 


Lucy  Hiester  Ellmaker 
married  Joseph  C. 
Walker 


Levi  Ellmaker  died  un- 
married 


Alfred  Ellmaker  mar- 
ried Mary  Alice 
Walker 


Amos    Ellmaker    died 
unmarried 


E  Enfield  Walker  married 
Nancy  Jane  McCulloch 

Sarah  Watson  Walker 

Susan   Pusey  Walker 

Joseph  C.  Walker,  dec'd 

William   L.  Walker 

Mary  Anna  Ellmaker  mar- 
ried Edward  Wallace 

Florence  Ellmaker  married 
E.  E.  Wallace 

Benjamin  E  Ellmaker 
married  May  Overholster 

Nathaniel  Ellmaker  mar- 
ried May  Williams 

Sarah  Ellmaker  married 
Evan  Ambler 

Alfred  Ellmaker  married 
Mary  Hess 


Joseph  C.  Walker 


(John  Wallace  and 
1      Pearl  Wallace 
1  Lucy  Ellmaker 
-;  Leonard  Ellmaker 
I  Edgar  Ellmaker 

■j  Alice  Ellmaker 

(Caroline  Ambler 
and  Mary  Eliza- 
beth Ambler 

Emmit  Ellmaker 


Sarah    Jane    Ellmaker 

married      Robert  -j   George  Duffield  Mcllvane 

Mcllvane  (. 

John  Watson  Ellmaker 


the  donegal  presbyterian  church.  69 

The  Lytle  Family. 

The  Lytle  family  (spelled  Little,  Litle  and  Lytle  in  the  early 
records),  although  not  known  as  one  of  the  earliest  members  of 
Donegal  Church,  the  name  of  Joseph  Lytle  (No.  2)  first  appears 
as  one  of    the  charter  members  and  subsequently  as  a  trustee. 
At  the  first  meeting  of  the  trustees,  November  15th,  1786    he 
was  elected  secretary  of  the  Board  ;  he  served  as  trustee  and 
secretary  until  his  death,  October  23d,  1788  (buried  at  Donegal, 
grave  No.  32 ).    The  following  is  from  the  records  of  the  trustees  ': 
"At   Donegal    meeting-house    19th  November,   1788,   then 
the  congregation  being  met  agreeable  to  a  public  notification 
given  to  that  effect,  did  take  into  consideration  that  a  vacancy 
had  lately  taken  place  in  the  Board  of  trustees  of  said  congrega- 
tion by  the  decease  of   Mr.  Joseph  Little,  one  of  the  trustees. 
The  congregation  did  proceed  according  to  directions  of  the  law 
in  such  cases  to  elect  a  person  to  act  in  his  room,  when  the  votes 
being  taken  by  ballot,  .Mr.  James  Wilson  was  elected  accordingly 
and  took  his  seat  as  a  trustee. 

"Signed:  Colin  McFarquhar,  Pres't." 
His  father,  Ephraim  Little  (  No.  1  ),  died  in  1775,  so  that  it 
is  probable  that  the  family's  connection  with  Donegal  is  much 
earlier  than  the  records  show. 

By  consulting  land  titles  we  find  that  Ephraim  Lytle  took 
out  a  patent  near  Big  Chicquesalunga  Creek  for  one  hundred  and 
twenty-one  acres  in  1739,  and  another  in  1743  for  one  hundred 
acres   adjoining    this,    and    again    in   1768  a  third  tract  of  one 
hundred  and  seventy-nine  acres.      Part  of  these  properties  (the 
first  one  upon  which  the  original  mansion  house  was  built)   at 
present  belongs  to  the  estate  of  J.  Hoffman  Hershey,  deceased 
and  is  situated  on  the  Lancaster  and  Harrisburg  turnpike   about 
three  miles  east  of  the  Borough  of  Mount  Joy.     Ephraim  Lytle  is 
buried  at  Donegal  (grave  No.  33).      His  son,  Joseph  (No.'   2) 
taking  a  very  prominent  part  in  the  affairs  of  the  Church    the 
inference  is  that  the  connection  of  the  Lytle  family  dates  back  to 
about  the  year  1730  or   1735.      Nathaniel  Lytle,  the  brother  of 
Ephraim  (No.  i),  married  the  widow  of  William  Wilkins  ;  he 


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THE    DONEGAL   PRESBYTERIAN    CHURCH. 


died  in  1748.     There  is  nothing  on  record  which  indicates  his 
connection  with  Donegal  Church. 

Nathaniel  Lytle  (No.  3)  united  his  fortunes  with  the  patriotic 
members  of  Donegal  congregation  in  the  contest  against  tyranny 
and  oppression.  He  was  killed  at  Chestnut  Hill  at  the  Battle  of 
Germantown.  Before  leaving  home  he  placed  his  only  son, 
Joseph  (No.  io),  then  a  babe,  under  the  care  of  his  brother, 
Joseph  (No.  2),  who  subsequently  raised  him  and  made  him  his 
heir,  as  he  had  no  children  of  his  own. 

Partial  Chart  of  the  Lytle  Family 


f  Sarah  Lytle,  No. 
13,  married 
James  Long 


Jannet  Lytle, 
No.  14,  married 
William  C. 
Robinson 


C  Joseph   Lytle, 

No.  2,  married  ■{   No  issue 

Nancy  

Nathaniel  Lytle,  I 
No.  3,  married  ■< 
Christiana  ( 


Ephraim  Lytle, 
No.  1,  married 
Jannet  


Hugh  Lytle,  No 
IS,  married 
Mrs.  McKelly 

Joseph  Lytle, 
No.  16.  married 
Louisa  Voight 

Joseph  Lytle, 
No.  10,  married -{  Grace  Lytle,  No. 


Douglas  Long 
-'   Lytle  Long 
j  James  Long 

William  C.  Rob- 
inson 

Sanford     Robin- 
son 

Martha     Jane 
Robinson 

Christiana   Rob- 
inson 

Grace  Robinson 


Ephraim  Lytle, 
No.  4,  married 
Jannet 

Ruth  Lytle,  No. 

5,  married  Mr. 

Graham 
Jean  Lytle, No  6 
Rebecca    Lytle, 

No   7. 
Priscilla     Lytle, 

No.  8,  married 

William  Hark- 

niss,  Jr. 
Elizabeth  Lytle, 

No.  9 


Grace  Pedan 
Jean  Lytle,  No. 

11 
Elizabeth  Lytle, 

No.  12 


17,  married 
James  M.Ben- 
net 

Martha  Lytle, 
No  18, married 
Nicholas  Cris- 
well 

Elizabeth  Lytle, 
No.  19,  died 
unmarried 

ChristianaLytle, 
No.  20,  married 
James  Bing- 
ham 


Samuel  Scott 
Pedan  Lytle, 
No.  21,  married 
Annabell  Hen- 
drickson 


]  Grace  Lytle 
j  Scott  Lytle 

C  Joseph  Lytle 
Harry  Lytle 

)   Lucy  Lytle 
Mary    Margaret 
Lytle 

[  Lizzie  Lytle 

James  Rennet 
Sanford  Bennet 
Laura  Bennet 


Grace  Bingham 

f  George  H.  Lytle 

I   Mary    Grace 
Lytle 
Charles  Lytle 
Samuel   S.    P. 
Lytle 
I   Jeanneta  Lytle 
l_  Anna  Belle  Lytle 


Joseph  Lytle  (No.  2),  born  November  17th,  1737,  died 
October  23d,  1788.  His  wife,  Nancy,  died  March,  18.20,  aged 
eighty-one  years.  Joseph  Lytle  (No.  10)  died  1855,  aged 
eighty   years   and   three   months.     He   married    Grace    Pedan, 


THE    DONEGAL    PRESBYTERIAN    CHURCH. 


71 


daughter  of  Col.  Hugh  Pedan  (who  was  a  distinguished  soldier  in 
the  Revolution),  and  granddaughter  of  Abraham  Scott  (No.  1), 
(vide:  Scott  Chart,  page  60).  She  died  in  1856,  aged  eighty  years 
and  three  months.  They  had  a  family  of  nine  children.  Three  of 
their  grandchildren  reside  at  present  in  Mount  Joy,  Pa.,  the  chil- 
dren of  Samuel  Scott  Pedan  Lytle  (No.  21),  viz:  Dr.  S.  P.  Lytle, 
a  successful  dentist  ;  Jeanetta,  married  to  Michael  B.  Detwiler, 
and  Miss  Belle  Lytle.  The  writer  was  personally  acquainted 
with  Joseph  (No.  10),  and  all  his  family,  except  Sarah  Long. 

The  Bayly  Family. 
Thomas  Bayly,  the  pioneer  of  the  Bayly  family,  settled 
about  two  and  a  half  miles  southwest  of  Mount  Joy,  where  the 
Donegal  run  crosses  the  Mount  Joy  and  Marietta  turnpike,  near 
the  present  location  of  Brandt's  mill.  He  had  two  sons,  John  and 
James,  whose  names  appear  in  the  charter  of  Donegal  Church  as 
trustees  in  1786.  In  his  will,  dated  May  7th,  1736,  he  mentions 
his  wife,  Mary,  his  two  boys,  John  and  James,  and  after  all  his 
debts  are  paid,  the  remainder  to  be  divided  among  his  four 
children  and  widow,  but  omits  the  names  of  two  of  the  children. 

Chart  of  the  Bayly  Family 


Mary    Bayly- 
married         f  Thomas  Bayly,  b.  1762 

Karr      Susannah     Bayly,      b.     1764 

married  John  Greer 
James  Bayly,  b.  1766 
Margaret  Bayly,  b.  1768,  died 

unmarried 
Mary  Bayly,  b.  1771,  married 


Ruth     Bayly  , 
married 
James     An- 
derson, Esq. 
John     Bayly 
married  Han-  -J 
nah  Clark 


James  Anderson 


Ruth  Bayly,  b.  1773,  married 

Dr.  Maxwell  McDowell 
John  Bayly,  b.  1775 
Hannah  Bayly,  b   1778,  mar- 
ried Henry  S.  Bayly 
Jannet   Bayly,  b    1780,   mar- 
[     ried  Penrose  Robinson 
f  John  Bayly 
James     Bayly  j  Margaret  Bayly 
married         nfho^as  ^yly 

j\jarv  Stepdaughter  Margaret  Cook 

'  Son-in-law  Richard  Keys 
Son-in-lawStephenStevenson  (, 


f  Anthony  Wayne 
Robinson 

Penrose   Robin- 
son 

John  Bayly  Rob-  f  Lucy  G.  Perkins 
inson  I      married 

Mary    Hannah  |      Crowell 

Robinson  mar- J  Mary  H.  Perkins 

ried     Thomas  |      married 

Jefferson   Per-         Carner 

kins  I  Penrose    Robin- 

Thomas    An-^     son  Perkins1 
thony    Robin- 
son 


lI  am  indebted  to  Mr.  Penrose  Robinson  Perkins,  of  Philadelphia,  for  a  list  of  the  children 
of  John  and  Hannah  Bayly  ( their  great-grandson ) ,  copied  from  the  family  Bible  in  his  possession. 
The  names  of  the  children  of  James  and  Mary  Bayly  are  from  his  will,  dated  October  1st.  1793, 
probated  November  27th,  1793.  His  wife  Mary,  sons  John  and  Thomas,  daughter  Margaret, 
stepdaughter  Margaret  Cook,  son-in-law  Richard  Keys  and  son-in-law  Stephen  Stevenson  are 
mentioned  as  legatees.  From  the  name  of  the  stepdaughter  the  inference  is  that  his  wife's  name 
was  Mrs.  Mary  Cook.  The  following  is  from  grave  No.  130,  Donegal ;  "  Here  are  deposited  the 
remains  of  Ruth  Stevenson,  wife  of  Col.  Stephen  Stevenson."  Her  name  was  evidently  Ruth 
Bayly,  the  daughter  of  James  Bayly.  The  writer  has  no  knowledge  of  the  name  of  the  wife 
of  Richard  Keys. 


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THE    DONEGAL    PRESBYTERIAN    CHURCH. 


JamesSterrett, 
No.  i,  mar- 
ried Sarah 
Montgomery 


James  Sterrett,  No.  2, 
married  —  ist,  Mary 
Allison;  2d,  Mary 
McClure 


Thomas  Bayly's  widow,  Mary  Bayly,  in  her  will,  dated  Sep- 
tember 37th,  1749,  makes  bequests  to  her  sons,  John  and  James 
Bayly,  and  her  two  daughters,  Mary  Karr  and  Ruth  Anderson, 
establishing  the  family  history  thus  far  without  a  doubt 

Partial  Chart  of  the  Family  of  James  Sterrett  (No.  i) 

f  James  Sterrett,  No.  n — b.  Sept.  25, 1787;  died  1856 
Samuel  Sterrett,  No.  12 — b.  Sept.  20,  1789;  died 

184S 
Mary  Sterrett,  No.  13 — b.  June  15,  1793;  married 

Alexander  Patterson 
Robert  Sterrett,  No.  14 — b.  1797,  d.  1862  ;   married 

Margaret   Patterson 
Sarah  Sterrett,  No.  15 — b.  1799,  d.  1881;  unmarried 
William  Sterrett,  No.  16 — b.  1801;  married  Rachel 

Thompson 
David  Sterrett,  No.  17 — b.  June  6,  1805;  d.  Aug  , 

1807 
William  Woods,  No.  18,  married  Rebecca  Paxton 
James  Sterrett  Woods,  No.  19,  married  Mariana 

Witherspoon 
Mary  Woods,  No.  20,  married  Thomas  Trimble 
Samuel  Woods,  No.  21  — b.  1795,  d.  Aug.  27,  1817; 

unmarried 
Jane   Woods,   No.  22,   married   Rev.    McKnight 

Williamson 
Sarah  Woods,  No.  23,  married  Hon.  John  Kerr 
Ri  hard   Woods,   No.    24,   married    Mary    Jane 

Sterrett,  No.  29 
f  James   A.    Sterrett,   No.    25,   married,  ist,  Ellen 

Curran  ;   2d,  Elizabeth  Bryan 
Thomas  Sterrett,  No.  26,  married  Martha  Patterson 

I    Margaret  Sterrett,  No.  27,  married Trimble 

Rev.  David  Sterrett,  No.  28,  married  Mary  Ann 

Woods 
Mary   Jane   Sterrett,   No.    29,    married    Richard 

Woods.  No.  24 
John  Sterrett,  No.  30,  married  Mary  Jane  Woods 
f  James  Sterrett,  No.  31,  married  Jane  Glass 

Jane  Sterrett,  No.  32,  married  Neely 

Sarah  Sterrett,  No.  33.  married  Sample 

Timothy  Green  Sterrett,  No.  34,  married  Margaret 

McMaaigal : 
John  Sterrett,  No.  35,  married,  ist,  Mary  Matilda 

Sterrett,  No.  44  ;   2d.  Sarah  Thompson 
Mary  Sterrett.  No.  36,  married  William  McCalmont 
Elizabeth      Sterrett,      No.     37,      married      James 

McCalmont 
William  Sterrett,  No.  38,  married  Mary  McNitt 
David   Sterrett,  No.    39,  died   in    California,  un- 
married 
Robert  Sterrett,  No.  40,  married  Susan  Shaw 
Rosannah  Sterrett.  No.  41,  died  unmarried 
Rebecca  Sterrett,  No.  42,  married  Nathaniel  W. 

Sterrett,  No.  46 
I  Nathaniel  Sterrett,  No.  43,  married  Mary  Allison 


Frances  Sterrett,  No.   3, 
married  Samuel  Woods 


William  Sterrett,  No    4, 
married  Sarah  Woods 


Robert  Sterrett,  No.  5, 
married  Rosannah 
Green 

David  Sterrett,  No.  6, 
married  Elizabeth 
Hanna 

Charles  Sterrett,  No.  7, 
settled  in  Ovid,  Seneca 
County,  N.  Y. 

Nathaniel  Sterrett,  No.  8, 
died  July  2,  1807.  un- 
married ;  buried  at 
Donegal,  grave  No.  188 

Mary  Stcrett,  No.  9, died 
Dec.  28,  1787,  aged  18 
years  ;  buried  at  Done- 
gal, grave  No.  188 

John  Sterrett,  No.  10, 
married  Rebecca 
Woods 


Mary   Matilda   Sterrett,    No.    44,    married    John 

Sterrett,  No.  35 
Sarah  Sterrett,  No.  45 — born  Aug.  28,  1809  ;  died 

in  her  twenty-fourth  year 
Nathaniel  W.  Sterrett,  No.  46,  married  Rebecca 

Sterrett,  No.  42 
James  Charles  Sterrett,  No.  47 — b.  Dec.  15,  1818; 

died  Dec    3,  1837 
John  Thomas  Sterrett,  No.  48 — b.  June  9,  1813; 

died  Dec,  1856 


1  Timothy  Green  Sterrctt's  grandson,  Charles  C.  Sterrett,  is  a  missionary  in  Persia. 


THE    DONEGAL   PRESBYTERIAN    CHURCH.  73 

This  is  one  of  the  large  families  connected  with  Donegal 
Church  through  their  progenitor,  James  Sterrett  (No.  i),  whose 
numerous  descendants  are  widely  dispersed  throughout  the  land, 
and  whose  influence  contributed  greatly  to  the  progress  of  the 
community  enlightened  by  their  presence.  James  Sterrett 
(No.  1 )  was  the  second  son  of  Robert  and  Mary  Ramsey  Sterrett, 
and  was  born  in  Lancaster  County,  in  1723.  In  1767,  his  father 
deeded  to  him  two  hundred  and  fifty  acres  of  land  in  Rapho  Town- 
ship which  had  been  patented  November  3rd,  1761.  The  farm,  at 
present  owned  by  John  S.  Nissley  and  occupied  by  his  son-in-law, 
John  B.  Hertzler,  is  a  part  of  the  land  upon  which  is  the  Sterrett 
mansion,  situated  about  one  mile  north  of  the  Lancaster  and 
Harrisburg  turnpike,  and  about  two  miles  northeast  of  Mount 
Joy.  Here  he  lived  until  his  death  in  1808  ;  he  is  buried  at 
Donegal  (grave  No.  187).  He  married  Sarah  Montgomery, 
who  survived  her  husband  and  died  at  the  extreme  age  of  nearly 
one  hundred  years,  while  on  a  visit  to  Mifflin  County,  and  is 
buried  in  the  Presbyterian  burying  ground  near  Reedsville. 

James  Sterrett  (No.  2),  born  July,  1747;  died  June  12th, 
181 2  ;  buried  at  Newville.      His  first  wife  was  Mary    Allison.* 

-The  source  of  my  information  gives  the  name  of  Mary  Allison  or 
Mary  Hanna  as  his  first  wife.  The  circumstantial  evidence  is  strongly  in 
favor  of  Mary  Allison,  as  the  name  Allison  occurs  as  a  middle  name  in 
some  of  the  descendants.  Mr.  Sterrett  owned  and  occupied  the  Allison 
farm,  where  his  first  wife  died.  A  short  time  after  his  second  marriage 
he  sold  the  farm  and  moved  to  Juniata  County. 

He  had  issue  James  (No.  11)  and  Samuel  (No.  12).  His  wife, 
Mary,  died  1791,  aged  twenty-five  years  (buried  at  Donegal, 
grave  No.  187).  His  second  wife,  Margaret  McClure,  had  issue 
Mary  (No.  13),  Robert  (No.  14),  Sarah  (No.  15),  William 
(No.  16),  and  David  (No.  17).  The  Hon.  James  P.  Sterrett, 
Chief  Justice  of  Pennsylvania,  residing  in  Philadelphia,  and  Dr. 
John  P.  Sterrett,  of  Pittsburg,  are  sons  of  Robert  (No.  14)  and 
Margaret  Patterson. 

Frances  Sterrett  (No.  3),  born  October  3rd,  1760  ;  died 
October  15th,  1824  ;  buried  in  the  old  graveyard  at  Carlisle. 
She  married  Samuel  Woods ;  had  issue  William  Woods  (No.  18),. 


74  THE    DONEGAL   PRESBYTERIAN    CHURCH. 

Rev.  James  Sterrett  Woods  (No.  19),  Mary  (No.  20),  Samuel 
(No.  21),  Jane  (No.  22),  Sarah  (No.  23),  and  Richard  (No. 
24).  The  Rev.  James  Sterrett  Woods  (No.  19)  was  born 
April  1 8th,  1793  ;  died  1863.  He  was  pastor  of  the  Presbyterian 
church  of  Lewistown,  Pa.,  for  nearly  forty  years.  He  married 
Marianna  Witherspoon,  daughter  of  the  Rev.  John  Witherspoon, 
D.  D. ,  of  Revolutionary  fame,  and  had  issue  six  sons  and  three 
daughters,  as  follows  : 

Chart  of  the  Family  of  Rev.  James  Sterrett  Woods 

(No.   19) 

f    John  Witherspoon  Woods 

Samuel   Stanhope  Woods  married  Henrietta 

Wilson 
David  Walker  Woods  married  Jane  Milligan 
James  Sterrett  Woods,  Jr.,  U.  S.  A. 
Frances  Marianna  Woods  married  Joseph  A. 
Rev.  James  Sterrett  Woods,  No.  19,  married  {         Williamson 

Marianna  Witherspoon  William   Harris  Woods  married   Frances  T. 

Williamson 
Alexander  Miller  Woods  married  Mary  Rit- 

tenhouse 
Anna  Eliza  Woods  married  John  Cochran 
[    Margaret  Jane  Woods 

The  oldest  son  of  the  Rev.  James  Sterrett  Woods,  John 
Witherspoon  Woods,  died  in  1839,  while  preparing  for  the  pro- 
fession of  law.  His  second  son,  Samuel  Stanhope  Woods,  was 
a  lawyer  of  distinction ;  he  was  elected  Judge  of  the  twelfth  judicial 
district  ;  he  died  in  1873.  His  third  son,  David  Walker  Woods, 
a  lawyer,  admitted  to  the  Mifflin  County  Bar,  1844.  His  fourth 
son,  Lieutenant  James  Sterrett  Woods,  Jr.,  U.  S.  A.,  was  killed 
at  the  Battle  of  Monterey,  Mexico.  His  fifth  son,  William  Harris 
Woods,  was  a  lawyer  in  Huntingdon.  His  sixth  son,  Alexander 
Miller  Woods,  was  a  minister  of  the  gospel,  and  died  at  Mahanoy 
City,  1897. 

Jane  Woods  (No.  22)  married  the  Rev.  McKnight  William- 
son, had  issue  one  son  and  three  daughters,  as  follows  : 


Jane  Woods,  No.  22,  married  Rev.  McKnight 
Williamson 


Frances     T.     Williamson     married     William 

Harris  Woods 
Phebe  Williamson  married  Rev.  West 
Mary  Jane  Graham  Williamson  married  Capt. 

T.  A.  Walker 
William      McKnight     Williamson  1     married 

Rachel  C  Sipes 


I'l'he  Hon.  Judge  Williamson,  of  Huntingdon  Co.,  Pa. 


THE    DONEGAL    PRESBYTERIAN    CHURCH. 


75 


Richard    Woods    (No.    24)    married    Mary   Jane    Sterrett 
(No.  29),  whose  family  and  descendants  are  as  follows  : 

Chart  of  the  Family  of  Richard  Woods  (No.  24) 

f    Nettie  Jane  Woods  married 
Andrew  Blair 


'  William  Sterrett  Woods  mar- 
ried Anna  Mary  Sterret, 
daughter  of  John  Sterrett, 
No.  3?,  and  Mary  Matilda 
Sterrett,  No.  44 

Sarah  Ellen  Woods,  died  in 
infancy 

Samuel  Melancthon  Woods 
married  Ezemiah  H.  Ster- 
rett 

Martha  Tirzah  Woods  mar- 
ried John  R.  Sharp 


Mary  Matilda  Woods  1 

Richard  Wright  Woods  mar- 
ried Nannie  Clark  Sponsler 

Sarah  Martha  Woods  married 
Charles  Abbot  Parkinson 

I    Winnefred   Sterrett  Woods2 


Richard  Woods,  No  24,  mar- 
ried   Mary   Jane   Sterrett,  - 
No.  29 


James  Thomas  Woods  mar- 
ried Ezemiah  McCune 

David  Flavel  Woods  married 
Helen  Stewart 

Margaret  Rebecca  Woods 

John   Scott  Woods   married 
Mary  Craighead 

Anna  Woods,  died  in  infancy 

Mary  Elizabeth  Woods 

Flora  Bella  Woods 

Clara  Ellen  Woods  married 
L        John  W.  Craighead 

William  Sterrett  (No.  4),  born  1762,  married  Sarah  Woods, 
daughter  of  Thomas  and  Mary  Woods,  of  Leacock  Township, 
Lancaster  County,  Pa.  His  father  gave  him  a  farm  in  Rapho 
Township,  Lancaster  Co. ,  Pa.  Besides  farming,  he  carried  on  an 
extensive  transportation  business,  by  means  of  Conestoga  teams, 
between  Philadelphia  and  Pittsburg,  in  partnership  with  his 
brother,  David  Sterrett  (No.  6).  William  died  July  28th,  18 18, 
and  is  buried  at  Donegal  (grave  No.  186).  His  widow  lived 
at  the  home  farm  until  her  death  May  31st,  1840,  and  is  buried 
at  Donegal  (grave  No.  196). 

II  am  greatly  indebted  to  Miss  Mary  Matilda  Woods  for  valuable  material  and  assistance 
in  the  preparation  of  the  genealogical  sketches  and  charts  of  the  Sterrett  family. 

2Miss  Winnefred  Sterrett  Woods  is  a  missionary  to  Chili  and  has  charge  of  the  studio  of 
Concepcion  College,  So.  America. 


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THE    DONEGAL   PRESBYTERIAN    CHURCH. 


The  family  and  descendants  of  William  Sterrett  (No.  4)  are 
as  follows  : 


Chart  of  the  Family  and  Descendants  of 
William  Sterrett   (No.  4) 


f  James  A.  Sterrett,  No  25, 
married,  1st,  Ellen  Curran  ; 
2d,  Elizabeth  Bryan 


Thomas     Sterrett,     No.    26, 
married  Martha  Patterson 


William  Sterrett,  No.  4,  mar- 
ried Sarah  Woods 


Sterrett,    No.    27,      f 
Trimble  \ 


Margaret    Sterrett,    No.    27, 
married  Trimble 


George  Sterrett,  son  of  Eliza- 
beth Bryan 

Sarah  M.,  Samuel  P., William 
J.,  and  Woods  Sterrett. 
(See  chart  of  the  Patterson 
family,  page  45) 

Moved  to  Ohio 


Rev.  David  Sterrett,  No  28, 
married  Mary  Ann  Woods 

Mary  Jane  Sterrett,  No.  29, 
married  Richard  Woods, 
No.  24 


John  Sterrett, No.  30,  married 
I       Mary  Jane  Woods 


(    David  Woods  Sterrett,  dec'd 
<     Anna  Sterrett 
(    Sarah  Ellen  Sterrett 

(See  the  chart  of  the  family 
of  Richard  Woods,  No.  24) 


Sarah  Lilias  Sterrelt 
Martha  Ellen  Sterrett 
Samuel  Woods  Sterrett 
Mary  Elizabeth  Sterrett 
James  Thomas  Sterrett.  dec'd 
David  Calvin  Sterrett 
Alice  Sterrett.  dec'd 


James  A.  Sterrett  (No.  25)  was  born  May  23d,  1793  ;  died 
at  Mount  Joy,  October  30th,  1851,  (buried  at  Donegal,  grave 
No.  223).  He  was  postmaster  at  Marietta,  Pa.,  whence  he 
moved  to  Springfield,  Ohio  ;  thence  to  Mount  Joy,  Pa.,  where 
he  married  his  second  wife,  Elizabeth  Bryan,  of  Lancaster. 

The  writer  was  well  acquainted  with  Mr.  Sterrett  and  spent 
many  pleasant  hours  in  his  family,  enjoying  Mrs.  Sterrett' s  fine 
music.  She  was  a  well-trained  performer  on  the  piano.  The 
Bryans  were  a  musical  family,  vocal  and  instrumental.  Mrs. 
Sterrett' s  brothers,  George  and  Samuel,  and  sisters,  Mary  and 
Margie,  with  Mrs.  Sterrett  at  the  piano,  constituted  a  charming 
quintette. 

Thomas  Sterrett  (No.  26),  born  December  nth,  1794; 
died  September  2d,  1849,  (buried  at  Donegal,  grave  No.  198). 
He  resided  on  the  farm  at  present  owned  by  Andrew  G.  Nissley. 
This  was  part  of  the  original  tract  of  two  hundred  and  fifty  acres 
deeded  to  James  Sterrett  (No.  1)  by  his  father,  Robert  Sterrett. 


THE    DONEGAL   PRESBYTERIAN    CHURCH.  77 

Thomas  Sterrett  sold  his  farm  and  moved  to  Mount  Joy.  He 
married  Martha  Patterson,  a  great-granddaughter  of  Arthur 
Patterson  (No.  i).  They  had  three  sons  and  one  daughter 
(see  sketch  of  Patterson  family). 

Rev.  David  Sterrett  (No.  28),  born  1800  ;  died  June  21st, 
1 87 1,  shortly  after  his  return  to  Carlisle  from  the  meeting  of  the 
General  Assembly,  which  met  in  Chicago  in  May,  1871.  He 
early  became  a  communicant  of  Donegal  Church  during  the 
pastorate  of  the  Rev.  William  Kerr.  He  was  a  graduate  of  Jeffer- 
son College  and  Princeton  Seminary.  His  first  pastorate  was  at 
Shaner's  creek,  in  Huntingdon  Presbytery,  where  he  preached 
ten  years,  when  he  accepted  a  call  from  the  churches  at  McVey- 
town  and  Newton  Hamilton.  During  his  residence  at  McVeytown 
he  met  a  sad  affliction  by  the  loss  of  his  only  son,  who  was 
accidentally  drowned.  He  resigned  his  pastorate  at  McVeytown 
on  account  of  declining  health  ;  he  did  not  assume  the  pastoral 
relationship,  but  did  not  abandon  the  services  of  the  ministry  ; 
he  was  often  sought  to  fill  a  vacant  pulpit,  or  as  assistant  in  cases 
of  emergency.  He  was  highly  esteemed  by  those  who  loved  a 
pure  gospel  and  a  true  and  earnest  presentation  of  the  truth. 
The  descendants  are  as  follows  : 

C  David  Woods  Sterrett,  dec'd 
Rev.  David  Sterrett,  No.  28,  I  Anna  Sterrett  f  William  Fisk  Sadler>  ->r- 

married  Mary  Ann  Woods]  Sarah  Ellen  Sterrett  married  I  Lewls  Sterrett  Sadler 
{     Hon    W.  F.  Sadler  Sylvester  Baker  Sadler 

[  Horace  Trikett  Sadler 

John  Sterrett  (No  30),  born  June  4th,  1803,  in  Rapho 
Township,  Lancaster  County.  He  was  engaged  in  the  mercantile 
business  in  Mount  Joy  until  he  removed  to  Cumberland  County, 
Pa.  He  married  Mary  Jane  Woods  ;  they  had  issue  three  sons 
and  four  daughters.  (See  the  chart  of  the  family  of  William 
Sterrett  No.  4.)  "Robert  Sterrett  (No.  5),  born  August  2d, 
1763,  died  March  12th,  1843.  He  married  (December  30th, 
1790),  a  daughter  of  Colonel  Timothy  and  Jean  Edmunston 
Green,  of  Hanover  Township,  Dauphin  County.  In  early  life 
he  went  to  Mifflin  County  and  lived  on  a  farm,  which  is  still  in 
the  family."      He  had  a  large  family  of  thirteen  children. 


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THE    DONEGAL    PRESBYTERIAN    CHURCH. 


James  Sterrett  (No.  31),  son  of  Robert  (No.  5),  born 
December  31st,  1791  ;  married  Jane  Glass,  October  27th,  1814. 
He  was  a  farmer  in  Clarion  County,  Pa. ,  had  ten  children,  and 
has  many  descendants.  Prof.  James  McBride  Sterrett,  D.  D.  ,* 
of  Columbia  University,  Washington,  D.  C,  is  a  grandson. 

*  Robert  Sterrett,  a  son  of  James  McBride  Sterrett,  is  in  the  United 
States  Army  in  the  Philippines. 


The  Lowrey  Family. 

"  Lazarus  Lowrey  was  born  in  Ireland,  and  came  to  Donegal 
in  1729  ;  he  was  a  member  of  Donegal  Church.  He  owned  the 
Clark  farm,  now  Hon.  J.  Donald  Cameron's  ;  his  land  joined 
Richard  Allison's  and  others.  He  died  in  Philadelphia  in  1753." 
His  family  and  some  of  the  descendants  are  as  follows: 


Lazarus  Lowrey  married  ist, 

;     2d,     Mrs 

Thomas  Edwards.     No  is- 
sue with  second  wife 


f    John  Lowrey 

I     James  Lowrey  married  Sus- 
annah Patterson 
Daniel  Lowrey 
J     Joseph  Lowrey  married  Ann 
Boggs 
Alexander    Lowrey    married 
ist,  Mary  Waters  ;  2d,  Ann 
Aldricks;    3d,  Mrs.    Sarah 
I        Cochran 


f    Children  of  Mary  Waters,  his- 
first  wife : 
Alexander  Lowrey,  Jr.,  died 

young 
Elizabeth    Lowrey     married 

Daniel  Elliot 
Mary  Lowrey  married  Arthur 

Hayes 
Lazarus      Lowrey      married 

Mary  Evans 
Margaret     Lowrey     married 

George  Plummer 
Daniel  Lowrey  died  young, 
The  only  child  of  Ann  Ald- 
ricks, his  second  wife  : 
Frances      Lowrey      married 

Samuel  Evans 
Mrs.     Sarah     Cochran,     his 

third  wife,  had  no  issue 


"  John  Lowrey,  son  of  Lazarus,  was  killed  by  the  Indians  at 
the  Ohio  River  in  1750.  He  owned  the  farm,  part  of  which  is 
now  Duffey's  Park  farm.  James  Lowrey  married  Susannah 
Patterson,  daughter  of  James  Patterson,  the  Indian  trader  ;  he 
owned  the  farm  back  of  Shock's  mill.  In  1748  he  bought  the 
farm  lately  owned  by  John  Haldeman,  below  Locust  Grove  ;  he 
sold  it  in  1757  and  moved  to  Juniata  County.  Daniel  Lowrey 
owned  four  hundred  acres  along  the  present  road  leading  from 
May  town  to  Elizabethtown  ;  in  1751,  he  sold  it  to  his  brother, 
Colonel  Alexander    Lowrey  ;    he   moved    to   Juniata   in    1759. 


THE    DONEGAL    PRESBYTERIAN    CHURCH.  79 

Joseph  Lowrey  married  Ann  Boggs,  daughter  of  Andrew  Boggs  ; 
he  owned  the  farm  above  Bainbridge.  He  died  in  Maytown, 
in  1782. 

"  Colonel  Alexander  Lowrey,  born  1726,  died  January  31st, 
1805  (buried  at  Donegal,  grave  No.  60).  He  was  a  dis- 
tinguished Revolutionary  soldier,  was  in  a  number  of  the  battles 
of  the  War,  and  took  a  very  active  part  in  establishing  the  various 
organizations  for  the  defence  of  the  country.  He  was  a  very 
diligent  business  man  and  had  acquired  large  tracts  of  land.  In 
1755  he  bought  his  father's  farm.  He  bought  the  present  Duffy 
farm  in  1759,  where  he  died.  He  manied  first,  Mary  Waters  ; 
second,  Ann  Aldricks,  and  third,  Mrs.  Sarah  Cochran.  His 
daughter,  Elizabeth  Lowrey,  married  Daniel  Elliot,  who  owned 
Duffey's  Island,  opposite  Conewago  ;  he  died  at  Pittsburg.  Mrs. 
John  Haldeman  was  a  granddaughter.  His  daughter,  Mary 
Lowrey,  married  first,  Arthur  Hayes,  of  Chicques,  a  grandson 
of  Arthur  Patterson  (No.  1).  He  was  an  ensign  in  Captain 
Hugh  Pedan's  Eighth  Company,  Third  Battalion,  under  Colonel 
Alexander  Lowrey  ;  they  moved  to  Pittsburg.  She  married 
second,  Mr.  West  ;  the  descendants  of  Mary  Hayes  became  very 
wealthy,  having  sold  land  to  Carnegie  near  Homestead.  His 
daughter,  Margaret  Lowrey,  married  the  Hon.  George  Plummer, 
member  of  Congress  from  Western  Pennsylvania. 

"His  son,  David  Lowrey,  died  young.  His  daughter, 
Frances  Lowrey,  only  child  of  his  second  wife,  Ann  Aldricks, 
married  Samuel  Evans."*     (See  chart  of  the  Evans  family.) 

*  Acknowledgment  is  made  to  Samuel  Evans,  Esq.,  of  Columbia, 
for  the  above  sketch. 

The  Evans  Family. 
The  descendants  of  Samuel  Evans,  who  came  to  Donegal 
in  1773,  embrace  many  distinguished  persons,  many  of  whom 
had  no  direct  relationship  to  Donegal  congregation  except  through 
their  progenitor,  who  was  born  at  White  Clay  Creek,  July  14th, 
1758.  He  was  captain  in  the  Revolution  and  was  at  the  Battle 
of  Brandywine.  He  was  elected  to  the  Legislature  in  1785, 
1786,  1787,  and  1 79 1,  and  was  appointed  by  Governor  Mifflin 


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THE    DONEGAL    PRESBYTERIAN    CHURCH. 


First  Associate  Judge  of  Chester  County,  April  16th,  1793.  He 
married  Frances  Lowrey,  daughter  of  Colonel  Alexander  Lowrey, 
of  Donegal,  and  moved  to  the  residence  of  his  father-in-law, 
thus  becoming  a  factor  in  the  future  history  of  Donegal  congre- 
gation. 


Genealogical  Chart  of  the  Evans  Family 


(  Ann  Evans  mar- 
ried John  Mc- 
Elderry 


Frances  Evans 
married  Jacob 
Zell 


Alexander  L. 
Evans  married 
Hannah  Slay- 
maker 


Samuel   Evans 

married 
Frances  Lowrey  | 


Thomas  McElderry 
Evans  McElderry 
Frances  McElderry  mar- 
ried John  Gill 
John  McElderry 

Elizabeth    Zell    married 
John  W.  Clark 


Thomas  Zell  married 
Josephine  P.  Thomp- 
son 


Jane  Howell 
Evans  married 
Jasper  Slay- 
maker 


Evan  Rice  Evans 
married      Val- - 
eria  T.  Collins 


Elizabeth  Evans 
married    John 
[      Hoogewerff 


Samuel  Evansl  married 
1st,  Elizabeth  Ander- 
son; 2d,  Mary  S.Schock 

Amos  Slaymaker 

Fanny  Slaymaker  mar- 
ried Rev.  Solomon  Mc- 
Nair 

Samuel  E.  Slaymaker 
married  Charlotte 
Taite 


James  B.  Slaymaker 
married  Mary  A.  Wil- 
son 

Jasper  Slaymaker  mar- 
ried Sarah  Isabel  Elder 

Sarah  F.  Evans  married 
Alfred  B.  McCalmont 

John  Hoogewerff 
Sophia  Hoogewerff 
Samuel     E.    Hoogewerff 

married      Elizabeth 

Deure 
Frances  E.  Hoogewerff 


Thomas  McElderry  Gill 
Richard  W.  Gill 
Esther  Gill 
Annie  Gill 
George  Gill 
John  Clark 
Frances  Lowrey  Clark 
Thomas  Zell  Clark 
James  Brice  Clark 
Samuel  Evans  Clark 
Thomas  B    Zell 
William  T.  Zell 
Josephine  P.  Zell 
Elizabeth  J.  Zell 
Margaret  L.  Zell 
Theodore  S.  Zell 
Lucia  n  M.  Zell 
Francis  A.  Evans,  dec'd 
Fanny  Evans,  dec'd 
Lilian  Evans 
Samuel  Evans,  dec'd 


No  issue 

Fanny  T.  Slaymaker,  dec'd 
Emma  T.  Slaymaker,  dec'd 
John  T.  Slaymaker 
Jane  Slaymaker,  dec'd 
Jasper  Slaymaker 
Jasper  Slaymaker,  dec'd 
Andrew  W.  Slaymaker 
Mary  B   Slaymaker,  dec'd 
Fanny    McNair    Slaymaker, 

dec'd 
Annie  Slaymaker 
Jenny     E.     Slaymaker    and 

Samuel   E   Slaymaker 
Sarah  L.  McCalmont 
Lydia  C.  McCalmont 
Robert  McCalmont 


John     A.     Hoogewerff    and 
I       Virginia   R.  Hoogewerff 
I 


1  Samuel  Evans  (to  whom  the  writer  is  greatly  indebted  for  material  relating  to  the  Evans 
family)  and  family  are  the  only  representatives  of  the  Evans  family  connected  at  present  with 
the  Donegal  congregation.  He  is  the  grandson  of  Samuel  Evans  and  great-grandson  of  Col. 
Alexander  Lowrey.  He  was  born  January  20th,  1823 ;  is  a  member  of  Historical  and  other 
societies.  He  rendered  prominent  services  in  the  War  of  the  Rebellion,  and  is  a  member  of  the 
G.  A.  R.  He  is  at  present  Justice  of  the  Peace  in  Columbia,  where  he  resides,  and  one  of  the 
trustees  of  Donegal  Church.  His  daughter,  Miss  Lilian  Evans,  is  a  prominent  member  of  the 
Daughters  of  the  Revolution  and  took  an  active  part  in  conjunction  with  the  Sons  and  Daugh- 
ters of  the  Revolution  in  erecting  the  monument  at  Donegal  to  the  memory  of  the  heroes  of  the 
Revolution,  many  of  whom  are  resting  in  the  old  graveyard. 


THE    DONEGAL   PRESBYTERIAN    CHURCH. 


8l 


The  Whitehill  Family. 

John  Whitehill,  Jr.,  was  the  son  of  John  Whitehill,  of 
Leacock  Township,  Lancaster  County,  Pa.,  who  died  about 
1773.  His  name  first  appears  January  8th,  1778,  on  the  records 
of  the  Trustees  of  Donegal  Congregation,  where  he  signs  as  John 
Whitehill,  Jr.  He  was  Trustee  and  Secretary  of  the  Board  for 
a  number  of  years.  ' '  He  was  an  ensign  in  the  war  of  the 
Revolution  in  Captain  David  Whitehill' s  Second  Company, 
Seventh  Battalion,  Associated  Militia." — (Penna.  Archives,  vol. 
xiii. ). 


A  Partial  Chart  of  the  Whitehill  Family 


John  Whitehill, 
Jr.,  married 
Mary  Middle 
tun 


T  Ann  Whitehill  died 

unmarried 
James      Whitehill 

married       Mary 

Curran 
John  M.  Whitehill 

married       Eliza- 
beth Cameron 
David  C.  Whitehill 

married       Mary 

Boyd 
Abigail     Whitehill 

married     Robert 

Mcllvain 
-  >  Robert     Whitehill 

died  unmarried 
Kitty  M.  Whitehill 

married  Andrew 

Caldwell 
Jane   Whitehill 

married     James 

Wilson 
Sarah  Ann  White- 
hill married  Rev. 

William  Houston 
Margaret  Whitehill 

married    Joseph 

McDowell 


Jane  C.  White- 
hill married 
Samuel  Red- 
seeker 

William  White- 
hill died  un- 
married 

Anna  M.  White- 
hill died  un- 
married 

John  M.  White- 
hill. Jr.,  mar- 
ried Elizabeth 
Seltzer ;  died 
Aug.  18,  1900 

SamuelC.  White- 
hill, dee'd 

James  C.  White- 
hill married 
Ada  Fulwiler 

Anna  M.  White- 
hill married 
Dr.  F.   Hinkle 

Margaret  E. 
L  Whitehill,  dec. 


Jane  E.  Redsecker 
married    Samuel  \ 
Slaymaker 

Anna      M.      Red- 
secker 
George     S 


Rebecca  J.  Slaymaker 
Samuel    R.   Slaymaker 
Henry  C.  Slaymaker 
Anna  C.  Slaymaker 


Red-  ( 
seeker     married  <  Samuel  Redsecker 


Carrie  Haas 
■{  Margaret   E   Red-  f 

seeker,    died    in  i 

infancy 
JohnW.  Redsecker  | 

married        Bella  { 

Stamm 
Margaret  E.  Red 

seeker,  dee'd 
Arabella  W.   Red 

seckerl 


Georgiana   Redsecker, 

dee'd 
Sarati  S.  Redsecker 
Jane  C.  Redsecker 
William        Redsecker, 

dee'd 
Bert.  W.  Redsecker 
Horace  D.  Redsecker 
Wilbert  Redsecker 


1  The  writer  is  indebted  to  Miss  Redsecker  for  valuable  information  for  the  genealogy 
of  the  Whitehill  family. 


82         THE  DONEGAL  PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH. 

John  Whitehill,  Jr.,  married  Mary  Middleton,  and  died 
December  ioth,  1806,  in  his  fifty-third  year,  and  is  buried  at 
Donegal  (grave  No.  101).  His  wife  survived  him.  She  died 
March  22d,  1829,  in  her  seventy-first  year.  She  is  buried  at 
Donegal  (grave  No.  102). 

John  Middleton  Whitehill,  son  of  John,  Jr.,  owned  and 
resided  on  the  farm  about  one  mile  west  from  Donegal  Church, 
at  present  owned  by  Barr  Spangler.  He  was  a  highly  respected 
citizen  and  took  a  prominent  part  in  the  interests  of  the  Church, 
was  a  trustee  for  a  number  of  years.  He  married  Elizabeth 
Cameron,  of  Virginia.  He  died  July  17th,  1866,  in  the  seventy- 
ninth  year  of  his  age.  His  wife  died  April  5th,  i860  ;  both 
buried  at  Donegal  (graves  No.  107  and  No.  108).  Their 
daughter,  Jane  Cameron,  married  Samuel  Redsecker,  who  bought 
his  father-in-law's  farm  ;  they  had  seven  children.  Mrs  Red- 
secker is  at  present  living  in  Columbia,  Pa.,  in  her  eighty-ninth 
year,  with  her  son,  George  S.  Redsecker,  and  her  two  daughters. 
She  and  her  daughters  are  regular  worshippers  in  Donegal 
Church. 

The   Clark    Family. 

John  Clark,  the  first  settler,  came  to  America  prior  to  1760 
from  County  Derry,  Ireland,  and  located  in  Newcastle  County, 
Delaware,  where  he  died.  Brice  Clark,  Sr.,  and  his  brothers 
left  Delaware  on  account  of  the  unhealthiness  of  the  location  ; 
they  moved  to  Leacock  Township,  Lancaster  County,  and  from 
there  to  East  Donegal  Township,  where  they  died.  The  brothers 
of  Brice  Clark,  Sr. ,  were  William  and  John;  the  former  is  buried 
at  Donegal  (grave  No.  6);  of  the  latter,  the  writer  has  no 
knowledge.  John  Clark,  son  of  Brice  Clark,  Sr. ,  resided  on 
and  owned  the  place,  now  Hon.  J.  Donald  Cameron's,  situated 
about  one  mile  south  of  Donegal.  He  was  for  many  years  an 
elder  in  Donegal  Church.  His  brother,  Brice  Clark,  Jr.,  died 
unmarried. 


THE    DONEGAL   PRESBYTERIAN    CHURCH. 


83 


Genealogical  Chart  of  the  Clark  Family 


Familyofjohn 
Clark,    the-j 
first  settler 


William  Clark 

Brice  Clark,  Sr., 
married  1st, 
Mary  Craw- 
ford ;  2d,  Mar- 
garet Ander- 
son, widow  of 
Robert  Ander- 
son, of  Lea- 
cock  Town- 
ship 

John  Clark 


Mary  Clark  mar- 
ried John  Bris- 
bin 

Sarah  Clark 
married  James 
Curran 

Elizabeth  Clark 
unmarried 

John  Clark  mar- 
ried Mary 
Hamilton 

Jane  Clark  mar- 
ried Rev.  Sam- 
uel Porter 

Brice  Clark,  Jr., 
unmarried 

Esther  Clark  un- 
L     married 


(■James  Brice 
Clark  mar- 
ried Catherine 
Bladen 


Margaret  Jane 
Clark 

Mary  Elizabeth 
Clark 

John  William 
Clark  married 
Elizabeth  Zell 


Martha  Bladen  Clark  1 

Eugene  Clark,  dec'd 

Harriet  Hacker  Clark 

Catherine  B.  Clark 

Virginia  B.  Clark 

Alfred  D   Clark 

Clarence  Clark 

Mary  H.Claik  married 
Orlando  O.  Clark 

John  W.  Clark  married 
Emma  F.  Taggart 

Elizabeth  J.  Clark 
married  Thomas  B. 
Marshall 

John  Clark  married 
Emily  Williamson 

Frances  L.  Clark,  dec'd 


Thomas 
dec'd 


Zell     Clark, 


James  Brice  Clark 
married  1st,  Ella 
Eastman;  2d,  Lillian 
Walsh 

Samuel  Evans  Clark 


The  Cooke  Family. 

James  Cooke  (No.  3)  and  David  Cooke  (No.  1),  of  the 
following  charts,  were  brothers,  grandsons  of  the  James  Cooke, 
who  came  to  this  country  from  England  about  the  time  of  the 
restoration  of  Charles  II.,  whose  anger  on  account  of  the  behead- 
ing of  his  father,  Charles  I. ,  led  him  to  wreak  vengeance  upon  the 
judges  who  condemned  his  father.  The  High  Court  of  Justice, 
who  passed  sentence  upon  his  father,  consisted  of  one  hundred 
and  thirty-five  members,  but  of  these  no  more  than  about  eighty 
ever  sat  in  it.  They  were  called  rebels  and  regicides.  At  the 
restoration  of  Charles  II.,   "twenty-four  of  these  judges  were 


il  am  indebted  to  Miss  Martha  B    C:ark  for  her  kind  assistance  and  valuable  material 
relating  to  the  Clark  family. 


84  THE    DONEGAL   PRESBYTERIAN    CHURCH. 

dead,  Cromwell  among  the  number,  sixteen  had  fled  from  the 
country  ;  the  remaining  nineteen,  with  the  lawyers,  executioners, 
etc.,  were  excepted  from  the  promised  indemnity,  and  were 
sentenced  to  death  ;  a  few  were  reprieved  by  the  King  ;  some 
were  imprisoned  and  ten  ordered  to  immediate  execution  ;  among 
these  was  Gen.  Harrison,  an  ancestor  of  our  President  Harri- 
son." John  Cooke  was  solicitor  for  the  people  of  England  ;  the 
charges  against  the  King  were  read  to  him,  reciting  the  alleged 
offences,  which  concluded  in  these  words  :  "And  the  said  John 
Cooke  doth  for  the  said  treasons  and  crimes,  in  behalf  of  the 
people  of  England,  imptach  the  said  Charles  Stuart  as  a  tyrant, 
traitor,  murderer,  and  a  public  and  implacable  enemy  to  the 
commonwealth  of  England. ' ' 

The  cruel  and  barbarous  death  inflicted  upon  some  of  these 
judges  by  Charles  II.  caused  many  of  those  who  had  sympathized 
or  taken  part  with  Cromwell,  to  flee  to  America,  most  of  them 
to  New  England,  where  many  had  preceded  them.  Those  whose 
names  were  not  on  the  list  of  the  promised  indemnity  were 
obliged  to  remain  in  seclusion.  John  Cooke,  the  solicitor,  was 
one  of  the  ten  who  were  ordered  to  immediate  execution.  He 
was  the  third  to  suffer  in  the  most  barbarous  manner,  a  fit 
revival  of  all  the  horrors  of  the  Dark  Ages.  James  Cooke,  a 
descendant,  came  to  America  and  settled  in  the  eastern  part  of 
the  Province  of  Pennsylvania,  within  the  limits  of  Lancaster 
County.  His  son,  James  (the  father  of  James  No.  3  and  David 
No.  1),  settled  near  the  present  site  of  Marietta.  The 
descendants  of  James  Cooke  (No.  3)  are  numerous  in  the 
western  part  of  Pennsylvania,  especially  in  Washington 
County.  James  Cooke  (No.  4),  the  son  of  James  (No.  3), 
rendered  distinguished  service  in  the  Revolution  as  captain. 
He  married  Esther  Galbraith,  daughter  of  Colonel  Bartrem 
Galbraith,  and  left  Donegal  about  1786,  as  the  following 
certificate  fully  establishes:  "These  do  certify  that  the 
bearer  hereof,  James  Cooke  and  Esther,  his  wife,  were  both  of 
them  born  in  the  congregation  of  Donegal,   Lancaster  County, 


THE    DONEGAL   PRESBYTERIAN    CHURCH.  85 

and  State  of  Pennsylvania,  where  they  resided  from  their  infancy, 
until  about  three  years  ago,  when  he  left  it,  and  his  wife  about 
a  twelve-month  ago.  That  during  the  whole  time  of  their 
residence  among  us  they  maintained  unexceptionably  moral 
characters  and  free  from  public  scandal  or  church  censure, 
consistent  with  our  knowledge.  Given  at  Donegal  this  twenty- 
fifth  day  of  June,  Ano:  Dome:  1789,  and  is  attested  by  Colin 
McFarquhar,  Minister."  His  brothers  and  sisters  all  settled  in 
Washington  County,  Pa.  Many  of  his  descendants  occupy 
prominent  positions  in  the  State  and  learned  professions. 

David  Cooke  (No.  1),  the  grandson  of  James  Cooke,  the 
pioneer,  and  brother  of  James  Cooke  (No.  3),  resided  on  a  farm 
about  one  mile  west  from  Donegal  Church.  This  place  was 
patented  by  James  Fulton  in  1767,  and  sold  to  David  Cooke 
(No.  1).  It  contained  three  hundred  and  nine  acres  ;  after 
David's  death,  his  son  Samuel  came  into  possession,  and  after 
Samuel's  death,  his  executors  sold  a  part  to  the  Rev.  William 
Kerr,  pastor  of  Donegal  Church.  The  farm  has  been  divided. 
The  writer  remembers  the  old  stone  mansion  before  its  alteration ; 
the  place  is  at  present  owned  and  occupied  by  Mr.  Jacob  Souders. 
James  Cooke,  the  oldest  son  of  David  (No.  1),  moved  to  Spring 
Mills,  Center  County,  Pa. ;  his  descendants  are  numerous,  many 
of  them  occupy  prominent  positions  in  law,  medicine  and  theology. 
David  Cooke,  son  of  David  (No.  1),  married  the  Rev.  Colin 
McFarquhar' s  daughter,  (Pastor  of  Donegal),  and  is  buried  at 
Hagerstown,  Md.,  with  his  wife,  daughter,  granddaughter,  and 
his  father-in-law — as  far  as  known  there  are  no  surviving 
descendants.  His  brother,  Samuel,  died  without  issue — of  the 
other  members  of  David's  (No.  1)  family  the  writer  has  no  data. 
From  these  indications  the  descendants  of  the  Cooke  brothers  are 
so  very  numerous,  and  so  widely  dispersed  throughout  the  West 
that  the  writer  can  only  call  attention  to  a  few  ;  all  have  dis- 
appeared from  the  vicinity  of  Donegal,  as  far  as  the  writer 
knows,  except  the  family  of  Dr.  Henry  Carpenter,  of  Lancaster. 
James  Cooke  (No.  4),  son  of  James  (No.  3),  and  James  Cooke 


86  THE    DONEGAL   PRESBYTERIAN    CHURCH. 

(No.  5),  son  of  David  (No.  1),  left  Donegal  soon  after  the 
Revolutionary  War.  James  (No.  4)  settled  in  Washington 
County,  Pa.;  the  Rev.  Silas  Cooke,  D.  D.,  of  Iowa  ;  Oliver  R. 
Cooke,  Esq.,  of  the  Pittsburg  Bar;  Josephine  Cooke,  wife  of 
the  Rev.  A.  M.  White  ;  Marietta  Cooke,  wife  of  Professor  S.  C. 
Farrar,  of  Allegheny  City,  and  Mrs.  J.  A.  Cooke  Lyle,  wife  of 
Captain  W.  K.  Lyle,  Superintendent  of  the  "Washington 
County  Children's  Home,"  are  great-grandchildren  of  James 
Cooke  (No.  3). 

James  Cooke  (No.  5),  son  of  David  (No.  1),  settled  in 
Center  County,  Pa.  He  and  his  family  were  members  of  the 
East  Penn's  Valley  Presbyterian  Church.  He  died  in  1S18. 
His  children  were  David  Cooke  (No.  3),  Martha  Cooke 
and  Margaret  Cooke.  David  Cooke  (No.  3)  married  Mary 
Speer,  whose  son,  James  Cooke  (No.  6).  married  Mary  Schneck, 
whose  descendant  Hon.  Benjamin  S.  Cooke,  moved  to  the  terri- 
tory of  Minnesota  in  1856.  He  occupied  various  positions  of 
public  trust,  and  is  at  present  the  Vice-President  of  the  National 
Farmers'  Bank,  of  Owatonna,  Minn.  David  W.  S.  Cooke,  son 
of  David  (No.  3),  married  Evelyn  Hammond,  whose  daughter 
is  the  mother  of  Evelyn  H.  Riddell,  the  wife  of  Dr.  Joseph  H. 
Huston.  Margaret,  the  daughter  of  James  Cooke  (No.  5), 
married  Andrew  Hanna,  who  are  the  ancestors  of  a  very  numer- 
ous and  distinguished  progeny. 

Mary  Ann  Cooke,  a  granddaughter  of  James  Cooke  (No.  3), 
married  Henry  Carpenter,  of  Lancaster  City,  a  surveyor  and 
civil  engineer  ;  they  had  seven  children.  Three  of  their  sons 
were  physicians — Dr.  Henry  Carpenter,  with  whom  the  writer 
was  well  acquainted,  and  had  frequent  professional  intercourse, 
enjoyed  a  large  and  lucrative  practice  in  Lancaster  City,  and 
was  highly  respected  as  a  successful  and  skilful  surgeon.  Dr. 
Carpenter  was  married  three  times;  his  only  children  were  with 
his  first  wife,  three  daughters  who  survive  him — Mrs.  Mary  E. 
Carpenter,  Mrs.  Katherine  Mathiot  wife  of  Dr.  R.  M.  Bolenius 
and  Mrs.  Sarah  Porter  Hubley. 


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A  Partial  Chart  of  the  Cameron  Family 


f  William  Cameron  married 
Eleanor  McGlauchlin 


John      Cameron      married 
Mary  Schultz 


Charles     Cameron  j  Simon     Cameron     married 
married    Martha  |      Margaret  Brua 
Pfoutz 

James    Cameron     married 
Rebecca  Lehman 

Daniel  Cameron 

Eliza     Cameron      married 
Anthony  B.  Warford 

Jane  Cameron 

CatherineCameron  married 
Dr.  John  S.  Bobbs 


Rachel  Jane  Cameron 
married  James  Burn- 
side 

John  Colin  Cameron 
died  in  childhood 

Brua  Cameron  married 
Elizabeth  Kastedo 

Ann  Eliza  Cameron 
died  in  childhood 

Mary  Cameron  died  in 
childhood 

James  Donald  Cam- 
eron married  ist, 
Mary  McCormick ; 
2d,  Elizabeth  Sher- 
man 

James  Buchanan  Cam- 
eron died  in  child- 
hood 

Margaret  Cameron 
married  Richard  J. 
Haldeman 

Virginia  Cameron  mar- 
ried Wayne  McVey 

Simon  Cameron 


ist  wife's  children  : 
Eliza  Cameron 
Virginia  Cameron 
James  M.  Cameron 
Mary  Cameron 
Margaretta  Cameron 
Rachel  Cameron 
2d  wife's  child  : 
Martha  (.  ameron 


Charles  Cameron's  name  appears  on  the  records  of  Donegal 
Church  as  a  member  of  the  congregation  in  1790.  His  son,  the 
Hon.  Simon  Cameron,  was  appointed  Adjutant  General  by 
Governor  Schultz  ;  he  was  chosen  United  States  Senator  from 
1845  to  1 85 1,  and  from  1857  to  1861,  when  he  was  appointed 
Secretary  of  War  by  President  Lincoln,  and  afterwards  as  Minister 
to  Russia.  He  was  again  chosen  United  States  Senator  from 
1867  to  1877.  Mr.  Cameron  was  a  self-made  man  in  a  true 
sense,  as,  without  the  advantages  of  early  educational  facilities, 
he  rose  to  be  a  man  of  marked  ability  ;  his  long  and  patriotic 
services  in  the  affairs  of  State  is  a  conspicuous  example  for  our 
American  boys,  an  example  of  what  may  be  attained  by  in- 
defatigable perseverance  and  untiring  zeal.  In  his  will  he 
bequeathed  two  thousand  dollars  to  Donegal  Church,  the  income 
of  which  should  be  expended  for  the  care  and  planting  of  trees 
and  for  the  care  of  the  grounds  around  the  Church. 

His  brother,  Col.  James  Cameron,  was  killed  in  the 
Rebellion,  at  the  first  Battle  of  Bull  Run,  thereby  adding 
another  name  to  the  list  of  the  patriotic  descendants  of  old 
Donegal  who  sacrificed  their  lives  in  defense  of  their  country 
and  flag. 


90  THE    DONEGAL    PRESBYTERIAN    CHURCH. 

His  son,  the  Hon.  James  Donald  Cameron,  served  with 
distinction  as  United  States  Senator  from  1877  to  1897,  and  as 
Secretary  of  War  under  President  Grant.  At  the  death  of  his 
distinguished  father,  he  came  into  possession  of  the  original 
Stephenson  property  contiguous  to  the  Glebe  land,  which  is 
beautifully  situated  north  of  the  Church.  He  has  improved 
and  beautified  it,  having  added  largely  to  the  original  domain 
by  the  purchase  of  surrounding  property. 

Hugh    Pedan's    Family. 

Hugh  Pedan,  son  of  John  Pedan  (vide:  chart  of  Abraham 
Scott's  family,  page  60),  married  Mary  Boggs.  They  had  ten 
children — two  sons  and  eight  daughters — whose  names  are 
mentioned  in  his  will,  dated  April  17th,  1800  He  died 
October  18th,  1800.  He  and  his  wife  are  buried  at  Donegal 
(grave  No.  81).  He  was  a  captain  in  the  Revolution  and  was 
subsequently  distinguished  for  his  valuable  services  in  the 
interests  of  the  Government.  He  was  called  Col.  Pedan  ;  the 
title  of  Colonel  was  acquired  after  the  active  warfare.  There 
are  two  commissions  in  the  possession  of  his  descendants,  one 
dated  May  1st,  1786,  the  other  dated  May  1st,  1789.  His 
residence  was  at  Big  Chicquesalunga  Creek,  near  the  site  of  the 
old  stone  tavern,  which  he  owned.  This  was  torn  down  a  few 
years  ago  and  a  handsome  brick  dwelling  erected  on  the  site  by 
Mr.  A.  M.  Gerber. 

A  Partial  Chart  of  the  Pedan  Family 

Grace  Pedan,  born  June  4th,  1776,  married  Joseph  Lytle  (vide  :  chart  of 

the   Lytle  family,  page  70) 
John  Pedan,  born  December  20th,  1777,  married  Mary  Moore 
Jean  Pedan,  born  October  1st,  1779,  married  Alexander  Patterson,  No.  24 

(vide  :   chart  of  the  Patterson  family,  page  45) 
Margaret  Pedan,  born  January  26th,  1781,  married  Christian  Sheller  (vide  : 

chart  of  the  family,  page  91) 

TW^  Mary  \     Sarah  Pedan>  born  November  26th,  1782,  married  George  Spear 
Martha  Pedan,  born  February  13th,  1785,  married  John  Cox 
Samuel  Scott  Pedan,  born  August  7th,  1786,  died  May  10th,  1818,  buried 

at  Donegal  (grave  No.  80) 
Mary  Pedan,  born  July  16th,  1788 

Ann   Pedan,  born  June  14th,  1791,  married  Conrad  Sebaugh 
Elizabeth  Pedan,  born   February  21st,  1794,  married  Aaron  Thompson 


•Hugh    Pedan 


THE  DONEGAL  PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH. 


91 


A  Partial  Chart  of   the  Descendants  of 
Margaret  (Pedan)   Sheller 

The  writer  has  no  personal  knowledge  of  this  family  except 
Dr.  Adam  Sheller  and  his  family.  He  had  an  extensive  practice 
in  Mount  Joy,  and  with  whom  the  writer  had  frequent  professional 
intercourse.  He  was  a  member  of  Lancaster  County  Medical 
Society  and  at  one  time  its  President.  He  took  a  great  interest 
in  the  public  schools  and  the  temperance  cause.  He  was  at  the 
time  of  his  death  an  Elder  in  the  First  Presbyterian  Church  of 
Mount  Joy. 


Margaret  Pedan, 
born  1781,  mar- 
ried Christian 
Sheller,  born 
1774 


C  Hugh  Sheller,  born  1803, 
married  1st,  Jane 
Moore;  2d,  Elizabeth 
Rook  man 

Nancy  Sheller,  born  1S04, 
married  1st,  Michael 
Baum ;  2d,  James 
Bingham 

Sarah  Sheller,  born  1806 


Adam  Sheller,  M.  D., 
born  1808,  married  1st, 
Margaret  Fox;  2d, 
Esther  Griffith 


Mary  Sheller,  born  1811, 
married  James  Alex- 
ander 


Daniel    Baum,  had    five 

children 
James  Bingham,  dec'd 
H.  H.  Bingham 


Catherine  Sheller  married 
Rev.  J.  H.  Menges 


Charles  Menges 
Allen  Menges 
Margaret     Jameson 

Menges 
Mary  Earle  Menges 
Jennie     Jeffries 

Menges 

Mary     Sheller*    married   fLf"™  A-  Ebert 
Henry  A.  Ebert  ',  Ella  V.  Ebert 

J  \  Harry  S.  Ebert 

Anna  Sheller  married 
James  D.  Rea 

Pedan  Alexander,  had 
four  children 

Florence  Alexander  mar- 
ried    Davis,  had 

five  children 

Mary  Alexander  married 
Hughes,     had 


John  Sheller,  born  1812,    (  Philander  Sheller 
married \  Meta  Sheller 

Samuel  C.  Sheller,  born    ( 

1818,  married  Hannah  <   Alfred  Scott  Sheller 
Hackenburg  ( 

Elizabeth    Sheller.   born   ( 

1820,   married    Robert  -    Two  sons  living 
Kezner  ( 


1  The  writer  is  greatly  indebted  to  Mrs.  Mary  Sheller  Ebert  for  assistance  and  information 
in  the  above  chart. 


92 


THE    DONEGAL   PRESBYTERIAN    CHURCH. 


Genealogical  Chart  of   the  Family  and   Descendants 
of  James  Mehaffey 


James  Mehaffey, 
No.  I,  married 
Mary  Cochran 


Samuel  Mehaffeymarried 
Margaret  Cassell 


Andrew  Mehaffey  mar- 
ried Elizabeth  McPher- 
son 

Elizabeth  Mehaffey  mar- 
ried James  S.  Law 

James  Mehaffey,  No.  2, 
married  Mary  Mcll- 
vaine 

Margaret  Mehaffey 

Dr.  W.  K.  Mehaffey  mar- 
ried Emily  P.  Whitte- 
more 

Franklin  Mehaffey, No.  1 
John  Mehaffey 
Mary  Mehaffey 
Cochran  Mehaffey 
Calvin  D.  Mehaffey 
George     W.      Mehaffey, 

No.     1,      married       C. 

Russel  Rhinehart 


Margaret  Mehaffey  mar- 
ried Abner  Frick 

Catherine  Mehaffey  mar- 
ried Ezra  Frick 

Annie  Mehaffey  married 
James  Foster 

Franklin  Mehaffey, No.  2, 
married  Ella  Chambers 
I    James  Mehaffey,  No.  3 
I  Edmund  Mehaffey 

Elizabeth  Mehaffey  mar- 
ried Gen.  A.  P.  Howe 

J.  B  McPherson  Me- 
haffey 


Fredericka  Frick 


Chambers   Mehaffey 


William  Mehaffey 

George  W.  Mehaffey, 
No.  2,  married  Cath- 
erine   


Mary  Mehaffey  married 
B.  Frank  Hiestand 

Emilv  Mehaffey  married 
Richard  F.  Mott 

David  R.  Mehaffey 

Gertrude  Mehaffey 


Elizabeth  Howe 
Lucius  Howe 
Leonora  Howe 
Catherine  Howe 
Marshall  Howe 
Delancey  Howe  mar- 
ried Ella  May 


George  W.  Mehaffey, 
No   3 


(Gertrude  Mott 
(Richard  Mott 


James  Mehaffey  (No.  i)  was  born  in  1781  ;  married  Mary 
Cochran  ;  he  had  a  large  family.  He  resided  in  Marietta  and 
was  extensively  engaged  in  the  lumber  business  ;  he  was  the 
pioneer  in  the  trade.  At  one  time  he  owned  the  Hiestand  farm, 
on  the  Marietta  and  Mount  Joy  turnpike,  and  also  the  farm 
owned  at  present  by  Mr.  Jacob  Zercher,  contiguous  to  Mount 
Joy  Borough  on  the  south.  He  was  an  Elder  in  the  Donegal 
Church.  He  died  the  last  day  of  1850  ;  is  buried  in  Marietta 
Cemetery. 

Andrew  Mehaffey,  the  second  son  of  James  (No.  1),  was 
Superintendent  of  the  Pennsylvania  Railroad  under  Gov.  Ritner, 
and  built  the  Powhatan,  a  Government  vessel,  at  Norfolk,  Va. 

Franklin  Mehaffey  was  Lieutenant,  Eleventh  Regiment,  in 
the  Mexican  War. 


THE    DONEGAL    PRESBYTERIAN    CHURCH.  93 

Calvin  D.  Mehaffey  was  Captain  of  Regulars  in  the  Civil 
War  and  Provost  Marshal  under  Gen.  Phil.  Sheridan. 

Dr.  W.  K.  Mehaffey  was  Reading  Clerk  of  the  House  of 
Representatives  during  the  Civil  War. 

George  W.  Mehaffey  was  County  Commissioner  from  1872 
to  1875,  and  County  Auditor  in  1875.  To  him  acknowledg- 
ment is  made  by  the  writer  for  data  furnished  relative  to  the 
family  of  James  Mehaffey. 

The   Boggs   Family. 

There  were  a  number  of  this  family  connected  with  the 
Donegal  congregation.  There  are  none  in  the  vicinity  of 
Donegal  Church  at  the  present  time.  Andrew  Boggs  may  have 
been  the  pioneer  from  facts  deduced  from  the  following  abstract 
of  his  will  :  "Andrew  Boggs,  dated  August  23d,  1764,  Donegal 
Township.  Legatees  :  His  wife,  Ann  ;  oldest  son,  John  ;  son, 
James  ;  daughter,  Jean  Dunlap  ;  son,  Andrew  ;  son,  Alexander  ; 
daughters,  Ann  and  Mary  Boggs  ;  grandchildren,  Ann  and  Jean 
Lowrey.  His  wife,  Ann,  executrix,  and  his  son,  John,  as  her 
assistant,  on  condition  of  his  return  from  the  woods. — Probated 
April  16th,  1765."  The  grandchildren  here  mentioned  were  the 
children  of  Joseph  Lowrey  (brother  of  Col.  Alexander),  who 
married  his  daughter,  Ann  Boggs.  The  writer  has  no  reliable 
data  concerning  the  relationship  of  those  buried  at  Donegal. 

The   Spear   Family. 

This  is  another  family  once  conspicuous  in  the  history  of 
Donegal  whose  descendants  have  entirely  disappeared  from  the 
vicinity.  Robert  Spear  resided  on  a  place  on  the  east  bank  of 
the  Big  Chicquesalunga  Creek,  a  short  distance  north  from  John 
Moore's  mill  ;  part  of  his  land  was  in  Hempfield  and  part  in 
Rapho  Townships,  and  is  at  present  owned  and  occupied  by 
Mr.  Christian  S.  Hostetter.  He  died  in  1800,  aged  eighty-four, 
and  is  buried  at  Donegal.  He  had  a  large  family.  The 
following   is  an   abstract   of    his  will  :     ' '  Robert    Spear,    dated 


94  THE    DONEGAL   PRESBYTERIAN    CHURCH. 

November  nth,  1799,  Hempfield  and  Rapho  Townships, 
Lancaster  Co.,  Pa.  Probated  November  7th,  1800.  Legatees  : 
Wife,  Isabella  ;  grandchild,  oldest  child  of  Hugh  Andrew  ; 
daughter,  Mary  Cooke  ;  daughter,  Catherine  ;  daughter  Eliza- 
beth ;  son,  John  ;  son,  William  ;  son,  Robert.  Executors  : 
Wife,  Isabella,  and  son,  Robert." 

George  Spear,  of  Rapho  Township,  was  married  to  Sarah 
Pedan,  daughter  of  Hugh  Pedan.  They  had  one  daughter, 
Isabella,  who  was  married  to  McLear.  George  Spear  died  in 
1846  ;  his  wife  died  in  1844  ;  they  are  both  buried  in  Donegal. 
The  writer  does  not  know  the  relationship  between  these  two 
families. 

The   Armstrong   Family. 

Hon.  Andrew  Armstrong,  a  descendant  of  Presbyterian 
stock  and  native  of  Cumberland  Co.,  Pa.,  married  Mary  Ann 
Breneman,  daughter  of  Jacob  and  Ann  Breneman,  whose 
residence  was  the  property  north-east  of  the  Glebe,  at  present 
owned  by  Hon.  J.  Donald  Cameron.  After  the  death  of  Mr. 
Breneman,  Mr.  Armstrong  resided  on  the  place  until  the  death 
of  his  sister-in-law,  when  he  moved  to  Mount  Joy,  where  he 
died  in  1876.  He  was  prominent  in  public  affairs  ;  served  as  a 
member  of  Legislature  in  1867-68.  His  two  sons  fell  a 
sacrifice  to  Rebel  shells  in  front  of  Petersburg,  Va. ,  during  the 
late  Rebellion.  He  joined  the  emergency  men  in  defence  of 
the  border.  He  was  a  man  of  strict  integrity  and  very  active  in 
support  of  the  Government.  He,  his  wife  and  family  are  buried 
at  Donegal 

The  Park,   Duffey  and  Stahl  Families. 

In  a  list  of  the  members  of  Donegal  Church,  dated  1776, 
the  following  names  occur  as  members  of  the  Donegal  Congrega- 
tion, viz. :  Samuel  Park  and  Margaret  Park  and  their  five 
children — Joseph  Park,  James  Park  (No  1),  Isabel  Park,  Mary 
Park,  Hugh  Park.     James  Park  (No.  1)  married  Mary  Murray; 


THE    DONEGAL   PRESBYTERIAN    CHURCH. 


95 


of  his  brothers  and  sisters  there  is  no  authentic  data.  The 
writer  is  indebted  to  Mrs.  Martha  D.  Duffey  for  valuable  informa- 
tion and  a  list  of  names  from  the  family  Bible.  Acknowledgment 
is  also  made  to  the  Hon.  H.  Burd  Cassel. 

Mr.  James  Duffey  (No.  i)  was  extensively  engaged  in 
business  and  the  principal  agent  in  re-establishing  the  hollow- 
ware  works  of  Marietta.  He  was  largely  engaged  in  agriculture, 
having  under  his  supervision  several  large  farms  north  of 
Marietta  which  he  owned,  including  the  greater  portion  of  the 
original  Anderson  property.  He  accumulated  a  large  estate. 
He  had  nine  children,  four  of  whom  are  living.  He  died  in  1880. 
The  following  is  a  partial  genealogical  chart  of  the  above-named 
families  : 


\  Daniel   Park,  born 
August  24,  1801 

Nancy  Park,  born 
March    2,     1803 
married       Jacob  | 
Stahl 

Mary  Park,  born 
September  15, 
1804,  married 
Peter  Baker 

Leah  Park,  born 
July  30,  1806, 
married  Samuel 
Grosh 


James     Park 

married  Mary     John 
Murray 


Park,   born 
April      2,      1808, 


married 
Barr 


Sarah 


Jane    Park,    born 
July  2,  1810 

Samuel  Park,  born 

January  3,  1813 
Eleanor  Park,  born 

September        15, 

1815 
Margaret     Park, 

born  April  3,1817 
James    Park,  born 

March  18,  1821 


A.  N.  Cassel  mar- 
ried Mary  Stahl 

Dr.  John  H.  Grove 
married  Marinda 
Stahl 

Margaret  Stahl 
married  George 
Steacy 

George  W.  Stahl 
married  Sarah 
E.    Longenecker 


Martha  Doner 
Park,  born  De- 
cember 4,  1839, 
married  James 
Duffey,  No  1, 
born  September 
16,  1838 

Mary  Catherine 
Park 


fHon.  H.  Burd 
Cassel  married 
Mary  Ann  Pat- 
terson 

George    L.   Cas- 
sel,     M.     D., 
married   Mary 
[     Cadwalader 
( Josephine     Duf- 
fey, born  Aug. 
23,     864,   mar- 
ried John  Ma- 
lone 
Catherine     Duf- 
fey, born  Aug. 
8,  1866 

James      Duffey,  1 
No.     2,     born 
Aug.  24,  1868  J 
married  Mary  | 
Malone 

Donald  Cameron 
Duffey,  born 
Oct.  26,  1870 

Thomas  Bayard 
Duffey,  born 
Sept.  28,  1872 

John  Park  Duf- 
fey, born  Nov. 
4,  l874 

Martha  Park 
Duffey,  born 
Oct.  2,  i875 

Park  Duffey, 
born  July  10, 
1878 

M  ary  Agnes 
Duffey,  born 
Dec.  19,  1883 


Howard  Neff 
Cassel 

Mary  Euphemia 
Cassel 

Frances  Patter- 
son Cassel 

Henry   Cassel 

Walter  Patter- 
son Cassel 


James  Duffey, 
No.  3 

Josephine  Duf- 
fey 


96  THE    DONEGAL   PRESBYTERIAN    CHURCH. 


A  Genealogical  Chart  of  the  Wiley  Family 


William  Wiley 
married    Jane 

Botri 

born  in  Ireland 


Elizabeth  Wiley,  born  in  f  Sarah  Smith 

Ireland,  1702  rc  «u-i  •   j      Alice  Smith,  married 

f  Susan     Wiley,  married  Coi;n  Cameron 

John  Smith  ]  Mary  gmith    ^ 

Mary     Wiley,  married    [Arthur  A.  Smith 
John  Stoever 


Jane  Wiley,  born  in  Ire- 
land, 1797 

John  Wiley,  born  1800,  in 
Conoy  Township, 
Lancaster  County,  Pa. 
married  Hannah  Es- 
terle 


Henry  H.  Wiley,  mar-  (Margaret  J.  Wiley, 
ried  Margaret  C.  Wat-  <  married  Rev.  E.  S. 
son  (     J.  McAllister 

John  E.  Wiley 

tit  .  u    ii7'i  (Aaron  Jones 

Margaret  H.  Wiley,  mar-  J  M        ^  and 

ried  Aaron  Jones  ^     children  deceased 

John  Wiley  owned  and  occupied  the  farm  and  mill  property 
formerly  owned  by  Mr.  Henry  Haldeman,  father  of  Prof.  Halde- 
man,  situated  near  Bainbridge,  Lancaster  County,  Pa.,  where 
Mr.  Wiley  died  in  1870.  His  son,  Henry  H.  Wiley  (who  mar- 
ried a  daughter  of  Dr.  Nathaniel  Watson,  of  Donegal  Springs), 
owned  and  resided  there  until  his  death  in  1897.  Mr.  John 
Wiley  was  an  intelligent  business  man  of  strict  integrity,  and 
by  his  industry  he  accumulated  ample  resources.  His  son,  the 
Hon.  John  E.  Wiley,  represented  Lancaster  County  in  the 
State  Legislature  in  1870-71. 

The  Dodge  'Family. 

The  Rev.  Nehemiah  Dodge  was  born  in  Londonderry,  N.  H. , 
September  10th,  1794.  He  was  educated  at  the  University 
of  Vermont,  where  he  graduated  in  18 18.  From  his  Alma 
Mater  he  received  the  degree  of  A.  M.  in  1824.  He  conducted 
a  classical  school  for  young  ladies  in  Philadelphia  from  1820  to 
1837.  He  came  to  Mount  Joy  in  the  Spring  of  1837,  and  founded 
Cedar  Hill  Seminary  for  young  ladies,  in  that  year.  He  first 
occupied  the  large  stone  mansion-house  of  Mr.  Mishey,  situated 
on  the  turnpike  a  short  distance  east  of  Mount  Joy,  at  present 
owned  by  Mr.  C.  Seitz.  The  building  which  Mr.  Dodge  subse- 
quently occupied,  he  erected  in  1840.  It  was  situated  on  a 
beautiful  knoll  on  the  east  bank  of  Little  Chicquesalunga  Creek, 
and  South  of  the  Pennsylvania  Railroad  track,  where  it  crosses 
the  creek  on  a  double-arched  stone  bridge.  Mr.  Dodge  was  a 
very  successful  teacher,    highly  esteemed  and  greatly  beloved 


THE    DONEGAL   PRESBYTERIAN    CHURCH. 


97 


by  his  pupils;  from  1840  to  1861  over  one  thousand  two  hundred 
pupils  were  registered  on  the  catalogue.  Mr.  Dodge  had  a 
fervent  love  for  knowledge  and  ardent  enthusiasm  for  scientific 
research,  yet  withal,  so  modest  that  few  were  cognizant  of  his 
extensive  knowledge,  both  general  and  scientific.  His  greatest 
pleasure  was  in  the  company  of  those  who  could  enjoy  and 
appreciate  with  him  the  wonders  displayed  in  the  works  of  the 
Creator.  He  was  a  sincere  and  humble  Christian.  He  took  an 
active  part  in  everything  that  had  for  its  object  the  elevation  of 
the  race.  He  was  intensely  patriotic,  so  much  so,  that  although 
past  the  age  of  three-score  years,  he  hesitated  not  to  go  out  in 
defence  of  the  border  during  the  trying  times  of  the  late  Rebel- 
lion. Mr.  Dodge  died  in  1876,  and  is  buried  at  Donegal,  where 
his  grateful  pupils  erected  a  monument  to  his  memory.  The 
school  building  was  destroyed  by  fire  in  1S91,  and  all  that 
remains  of  the  once  famous  and  beautiful  structure  are  a  few 
ruined  walls.  The  writer  will  ever  cherish  with  pleasure  the 
recollection  of  Mr.  Dodge  and  Cedar  Hill  Seminary. 

Genealogical    Chart   of  Rev.    Nehemiah    Dodge's 

Family 


Rev.  Nehemiah  Dodge,  A. 
M.,  was  married  1821  to 
1st,  Frances  Maria  Torrey; 
2d,  Mrs.  Belvidera  Samp- 
son (nee  Hitchcocke),  Ced- 
ar Hill,  1840,  (widow  of 
Dr.  George  Sampson  of 
Philadelphia) 


Frances  Louisa  Dodge,  only 
daughter  of  his  first  wife 

Belvidera   Dodge1  was     married  ( Helen  Dodge  Morrison 
December,  1872,  to  John  Mor--< 
rison  of  Washington,  D.  C.  (Bertha  Endicott  Morrison 

Mary  Endicott  Dodge  was  mar-  (Laura  Belvidera  Myers,  was 
ried,  July,  1865  to  John  Myers-'  married  18S6,  to  G.  M.  Dry, 
01  Chicago,  HI.  (     of  Albemarle,  N    C. 

Cornelia  Jane  Dodge 

Nehemiah  Dodge,  M.  D.,  prac- 
tising medicine  in  Milwaukee, 
Wis. 


Mr.  Dodge's  father  was  a  Revolutionary  soldier,  and  on  his 
mother's  side  a  direct  descendant  of  Gov.  Endicott,  of  Massa- 
chusetts. 


1  Acknowledgment  is  made  to  Mrs.  Belvidera  Morrison  for  data,  relative  to  the  Genealogy 
of  Rev.  N.  Dodge. 


98  THE    DONEGAL   PRESBYTERIAN    CHURCH. 


The  Pinkerton  Family. 

Joseph  Pinkerton,  with  his  family,  came  from  the  neighbor- 
hood of  Lancaster  City,  about  the  year  1837  or  1838,  and  occu- 
pied the  farm  south  of  Mount  Joy,  at  present  owned  by  Mr. 
Jacob  Zercher.  After  the  death  of  the  parents,  William,  John, 
Jane  and  Susan  moved  to  Mount  Joy.  Ann  married  Rev. 
James  Latta  ;  Joseph  Woods  married  Miss  Crowell,  and 
Stephen  C,  married  Miss  Hogendobler.  They  were  strict 
Presbyterians  and  members  of  the  Mount  Joy  Church,  of  which 
Stephen  C.  was  an  elder.  The  father,  mother,  two  sons  and 
two  daughters  are  buried  at  Donegal  (graves  Nos.  235,  236,  237, 
238,  239,  240).  The  following  data  was  furnished  by  William  J. 
Pinkerton  (a  son  of  Stephen  C. ),  who  has  since  died.  Joseph 
Pinkerton  died  April  27th,  1859,  in  his  85th  year.  Jane 
Robinson  Pinkerton  died  August  12th,  1854,    m  ner  7°th  year. 

The  following  are  the  children  of  Joseph  and  Jane  Pinkerton: 
Ann  Pinkerton  Latta,  born  April  26th,  1806  ;  died  May  1st, 
1890  ;  no  issue.  William  Pinkerton,  born  June  1st,  1808  ;  died 
April  3d,  1 87 1  ;  unmarried.  John  Pinkerton,  born  March  29th, 
1810  ;  died  June  20th,  1888  ;  unmarried.  Isabella  Pinkerton, 
born  November  3d,  181 1;  died  May  29th,  1828;  unmarried. 
Eliza  Pinkerton,  born  September  6th,  1814  ;  died  March  16th, 
1816  ;  died  in  infancy.  Jane  Pinkerton,  born  July  30th,  1816  ; 
died  June  1st,  1885  ;  unmarried.  Susan  Armstrong  Pinkerton, 
born  April  4th,  18 19;  died  July  13th,  1889,  unmarried.  Joseph 
Woods  Pinkerton,  born  January  7th,  1821  ;  died  March  28th, 
1893.  Stephen  Cochran  Pinkerton,  born  March  27th,  1823  ; 
died  September  7th,    1889. 

!  William  Woods  Pinkerton 
Frederick  Ovil  Pinkerton 

married  Miss  Crowell  |  John  Pinkerton 

[James  C.  Pinkerton,  Jr. 

Annie  Jane  Pinkerton  Kemp  |  Emma  Bolton  Kemp 

L  (Gertrude  Kemp 

Stephen  C.  Pinkerton  married  Miss  Hogen-     <   William  Joseph  Pinkerton 
dobler  \   Fanny  Jane  Pinkerton 


THE    DONEGAL   PRESBYTERIAN    CHURCH.  99 


John    Scott. 

John  Scott,  a  member  of  Donegal  Church  and  a  resident  of 
Maytown,  owned  and  occupied  the  property  situated  about  half 
a  square  south  of  the  Lutheran  Church,  at  present  occupied  by 
Mr.  George  Pierce.  He  was  never  married  ;  his  mother,  Nancy, 
kept  house  for  him.  His  occupation  was  post  and  fence  making, 
and  general  work  among  the  farmers.  The  device  on  his  tomb 
is  intended  to  indicate  his  principal  occupation.  By  industry 
and  economy  he  accumulated  about  four  thousand  dollars,  which 
he  bequeathed  to  the  schools  of  Donegal  Township.  He  was  a 
strict  Presbyterian  and  a  friend  of  education.  He  and  his 
mother  are  buried  at  Donegal  (graves  Nos.  45  and  46).  The 
inscription  on  his  tomb  attributes  his  nativity  to  Ireland,  which 
is  somewhat  doubtful,  as  both  he  and  his  mother  spoke  with  a 
broad  Scotch  accent.  The  writer  has  a  distinct  recollection  of 
old  John  Scott,  a  character  familiar  to  every  schoolboy  of  that 
day. 


IOO  THE    DONEGAL   PRESBYTERIAN   CHURCH. 

The  Future  of  Donegal. 

My  task  is  almost  done.  The  history  of  old  Donegal  has 
been  written.  What  of  the  future  ?  Let  the  descendants  tread 
in  the  footsteps  of  their  fathers,  emulate  their  virtues,  advance 
and  protect  those  glorious  principles  of  civil  and  religious 
freedom  for  which  they  pledged  their  lives  and  fortunes.  The 
government  of  the  Presbyterian  Church — through  its  Laity, 
Sessions,  Presbytery,  Synod  and  General  Assembly — is  the 
model  after  which  our  civil  government  has  been  copied.  Shall 
not,  then,  the  descendants  of  old  Donegal  arouse,  lay  aside  all 
bickerings,  and  stand  firm  in  maintaining  those  principles  which 
the  fathers  founded  upon  the  infallible  word  of  God  ?  Amidst 
the  rapid  advance  of  art  and  science,  the  immense  acquisition  of 
wealth,  the  hurrying  to  and  fro  of  the  seekers  after  the  pleasures 
of  this  world,  let  us  not  forget  that  we  owe  a  duty  to  God,  to 
our  country  and  to  posterity  by  maintaining  the  doctrines  of  the 
Church  as  taught  in  the  Bible  ;  a  duty  to  guard  well  the  portals 
of  entry  to  the  ministry  so  that  a  subtile  philosophy  gain  no 
entrance  ;  a  philosophy  that  would  destroy  faith  in  redemption, 
eliminate  the  sovereignty  of  God,  and  that  would  end  in  the 
darkness  of  Atheism.  Let  us  see  to  it  that  we  ' '  Buy  the  truth 
and  sell  it  not,"  and  so  strive  to  be  worthy  the  glorious  heritage 
and  history  of  old  Donegal. 

The  work  that  remains  is  but  the  transcript  on  the  tomb- 
stones of  those  who  have  passed  ' '  To  where  beyond  their  voices 
there  is  peace."  Alas,  how  many  more  have  passed  without 
even  a  stone  to  mark  their  last  resting  place — many  unknown, 
unhonored  and  unsung  of  men — known  and  unknown  alike 
resting  in  their  narrow  beds  until  the  last  trump  shall  sound, 
when  all  shall  rise  and  appear  before  the  Judge  of  all  the  earth  ! 
For  the  name  and  for  the  glorious  record  of  old  Donegal,  we 
are  grateful  ;  and  for  the  power  her  sons  are  wielding  to-day  in 
civil  and  ecclesiastical  life,  we  give  thanks  to  the  Most  High  : 
"We  praise  Thee,  O  God,  we  acknowledge  Thee  to  be  the  Lord  ; 
not  unto  us,  O  Lord,  not  unto  us,  but  unto  Thy  name  give 
glory  for  Thy  mercy  and  for  Thy  name's  sake." 


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102  THE    DONEGAL   PRESBYTERIAN    CHURCH. 

TOMBSTONE   INSCRIPTIONS 


No«  *  Upright  Sandstone 

In  memory  of 

Thomas  Jamison 

Son  of  John  and  Agnes  Jamison 

who  departed  this  life 

on  the  3rd  day  of  February 

in  the  year  of  our  Lord  1732 

in  the  32d  year  of  his  age. 

N°«  2  Horizontal  Marble 

Sacred  to  the  memory  of 

Dorcas  Buchanan 

relict  of  John  Buchanan,  Esq. 

of  West  Moreland  County,  Pa. 

who  closed  an  amiable  and  useful  life 

on  the  24th  of  September,  1810 

in  the  55th  year  of  her  age. 

She  endured  her  last  sickness  with  that 

fortitude  and  resignation  to  the  will  of  a 

Gracious  God  which  no  one 

could  manifest  but  a  Christian. 

Also 

to  the  memory  of 

James  G.  Buchanan 

Son  of 

John  and  Dorcas 

who  departed  this  life 

on  the  28th  of  November,  184S 

in  the  65th  year  of  his  age. 

No.  3  Upright  Marble 

In  memory  of 

W.  B.  Galbraith 

Son  of 

Bertram  Galbraith,  Esq. 

who  was  born  on  the  19th  day  of  October,  1779 

and  departed  this  life  at  his  residence  in 

Mount  Joy  after  a  short  but  severe  illness  on 

the  24th  day  of  November,  1835,  aged 

56  years,  1  mo.  and  5  days. 

The  Summons  of  the  Lord 

Prepare  to  Meet 
That  you  at  His  right  hand 

May  have  a  seat. 


Phuto  by  John  K.  Miller,  Maytnwn. 

MONUMENT    ERECTED    BY    WITNESS    TREE    CHAPTER,    D.  A.  R. 


THE    DONEGAL   PRESBYTERIAN    CHURCH.  103 

No.  4  Upright  Marble 

In  memory  of 
Sarah  Galbraith 

Consort  of 

Wm.  B.  Galbraith 

and  daughter  of 

John  and  Eleanor  Hays 

who  departed  this  life  at  her  residence  in 

Mount  Joy,  after  a  long  and  painful  illness 

on  the  nth  of  July,  1839 

aged  65  years  and  7  mo. 

She  was  beloved  in  life  and  lamented  in  death 
by  her  numerous  friends  and  acquaintances. 


No.  5  Upright  Marble 

In  memory  of 

Margaret  Hamilton 

late  of  Pequea 

who  departed  this  life  Aug:  5th,  A.  D.  1828 

in  the  73rd  year  of  her  age. 


No.  6  Horizontal  Marble 

In  memory  of 

William  Clark 

who  departed  this  life  March  5th,  1818 

in  the  83rd  year  of  his  age. 


No.  7  Upright  Marble 

Sacred  to  the  memory  of 

Sarah  Curran 

Consort  of 

James  Curran  dec'd 

who  departed  this  life 

Sept:  30th,  A.  D.  1823 

aged  56  years. 

Blessed  are  the  dead  which  die  in  the 
Lord  ;  yea  saith  the  spirit  that  they 
may  rest  from  their  labors  ;  and  their 
works  do  follow  them. 

Rev:  Chap.  14:  v.  13. 


104  THE    DONEGAL   PRESBYTERIAN    CHURCH. 

No.  8  Upright  Marble 

Sacred  to  the  memory  of 

Rebecca  Curran  Ferree 

Consort  of  David  Ferree 

who  departed  this  life  Feb:  13th,  A.  D.  1S27 

in  the  28th  year  of  her  age. 

Pious,  Gentle,  full  of  Sensibility  ;  in  mind  pure 

and  enlightened,  tender  and  affectionate  to  her 

friends,  to  all  benevolent  and  kind, 

She  lived  beloved  and  died  lamented. 

Also 

Their  infant  daughter 

Sarah  Rebecca  Curran 

who  departed  this  life  Feb:  20th 

A.  D.  1827 

aged  5  months  and  7  days. 


No.  9  Upright  Marble 

Sacred  to  the  memory  of 

Brice  Curran 

who  departed  this  life  April  24th,  A.  D.  1839 

in  the  49th  year  of  his  age. 


No.  JO  Upright  Marble 

Our  Father 

John  W.  Clark 

Born  Oct:  5th,  1819 

Died  Dec:  15th,  1865 


No.  H  Upright  Marble 

Thomas  Z. 

Son  of 

John  W.  and  Elizabeth  J.  Clark 

Born  May  9th,  1845 

Died  Sept:  3rd,  1866. 


No.  12  Upright  Marble 

In  memory  of 

James  Long  Sen'r 

who  departed  this  life  June  20th,  1820 

age  72  years. 


THE    DONEGAL   PRESBYTERIAN    CHURCH.  105 

No-  I3  Horizontal  Marble 

In  memory  of 

Mrs.  Juliet  Galbraith 

Second  wife  of 

Samuel  S.  Galbraith 

who  departed  this  life  April  1st,  1803 

in  the  19th  year  of  her  age. 

Thou  who  near  this  hallow' d  place  shall  move 
Know  that  this  stone  was  fix'd  by  generous  love 
An  husband's  fondest  hopes  beneath  it  rest 
A  wife  in  whom  fair  virtue  stood  confest, 
A  wife  who  never  gave  her  husband  pain 
Until  pale  death  had  rank'd  her  with  the  slain 
What  soothing  joys  her  goodness  did  impart 
Ah  !  read  them  in  her  partner's  broken  heart 
Think  in  his  grief  thou  see'st  her  virtues  rise, 
And  pity's  streams  shall  soon  o'erflow  thine  eyes. 

No-  H  Horizontal  Marble 

In  memory  of 

Margaret  Galbraith,  wife  of 

Samuel  S.  Galbraith  Esq. 

who  departed  this  life  April  29th,  1801 

in  the  29th  year  of  her  age. 

What  once  had  virtue,  grace  and  wit, 
Lies  mouldering  here  beneath  our  feet, 
Poor  mansion  for  so  fine  a  guest 
Yet  here  she  sweetly  takes  her  rest 
Cold  is  her  bed  and  dark  her  room 
Yet  angels  watch  around  her  tomb 
Till  the  last  music  of  the  skies 
Relieves  her  guards  and  bid  her  rise. 

No-  J5  Horizontal  Marble 

In  memory  of 

Ann  Galbraith 

daughter  of  Josiah  Scott 

who  departed  this  life  June  29th,  1793 

aged  51  years. 

As  also 

Esther  Cook 

her  second  daughter 

who  departed  this  life  June  30th,  1793 

aged  28  years. 

No-  I6  Horizontal  Marble 

In  memory  of 

Bertram  Galbraith,  Esq. 

who  departed  this  life  March  9th,  1804 

in  the  66th  year  of  his  age. 

Beloved  in  life  and  lamented  in  death. 


106  THE    DONEGAL   PRESBYTERIAN    CHURCH. 

No.  M  Upright  Marble 

In  memory  of 

Brice  Clark  Jr. 

who  departed  this  life 

the  24th  of  March,  1833 

in  the  46th  year  of  his  age. 

No.  18  Upright  Marble 

In  memory  of 

Esther 

daughter  of 

Brice  and  Margaret  Clark. 

Born  October  the  4th,  1791 

departed  this  life  August  6th,  1792. 

No.  19  Horizontal  Marble 

In  memory  of 

Rev.  Samuel  Porter 

late  of  Cumberland,  Md. 

who  departed  this  life  Jan.  3d,  1813 

In  him 

Science,  Humanity  and  religion  have  lost  an  able 

and  judicious  votary  and  surviving  relatives 

and  acquaintances  an  invaluable  friend.     But 

they  sorrow  not  as  those  who  have  no  hope.     For 

if  we  believe  that  Jesus  died  and  rose  again  even 

so  them  also  which  sleep  in  Jesus  will  God 

bring  with  him. 

Jane  C.  Porter 

relict  of 

Rev.  Samuel  Porter 

and  daughter  of 

Brice  and  Margaret  Clark 

Died  June  16th,  1842 
in  the  60th  year  of  her  age. 

No.  20  Horizontal  Marble 

In  memory  of 

Elizabeth  Clark 

who  departed  this  life  Jan:  13th,  1814 

in  the  33rd  year  of  her  age. 
The  Lord  descended  to  the  tomb 
And  left  a  sweet  a  long  perfume 
His  angels  hover  round  the  just 
And  guard  secure  their  slumbering  dust. 
Also 
In  memory  of 
Mary  Clark 
Consort  of  John  Clark 
who  departed  life  Aug:  14th,  1830 
aged  37  years. 


THE    DONEGAL   PRESBYTERIAN   CHURCH. 


107 


No.  21 


No.  22 


No.  23 


No.  24 


No.  25 


No.  26 


In  memory  of 

*  John  Clark 

who  departed  this  life  Feb:  i8th,  i860 

aged  75  years  and  7  days. 

In  memory  of 

Brice  Clark  Sr. 

who  departed  this  life  Nov.  7th,  1820 

in  the  Sist  year  of  his  age. 

Also  of 

Margaret  his  wife 

who  departed  this  life  April  27th,  1818 

in  the  70th  year  of  her  age. 

In  memory  of 

Eliza  Jane 

daughter  of 

Joseph  and  Rebecca  Barton 

who  departed  this  life  Feb:  19th 

A.  D.  1815 

in  the  15th  year  of  her  age. 

In  memory  of 

Anna  daughter  of 

Joseph  and  Rebecca  Barton 

who  departed  this  life  March  6th 

A.  D.  1820 

in  the  19th  year  of  her  age. 

Margaret 

daughter  of 

Joseph  and  Rebecca  Barton 

Born  September  7th,  1795 

Died  August  16th,  1876 
in  the  81st  year  of  her  age. 

Kate 

daughter  of 

James  B.  and  Catherine  B.  Clark 

Died  Aug:  5th,  1857 

aged  3  months  and  9  days. 


Horizontal  Marble 


Horizontal  Marble 


Upright  Marble 


Upright  Marble 


Upright  Marble 


Upright  Marble 


*  He  was  an  Elder  in  Donegal  Church  for  many  years. 


108  THE    DONEGAL    PRESBYTERIAN    CHURCH. 

No.  27  Upright  Marble 

Eugene 

son  of 

James  B.  and  Catherine  B.  Clark 

Born  Oct:  26th,  1851 

Died  July  31st,  1871 

No.  28  Upright  Marble 

James  Brice  Clark 

son  of 

John  and  Mary  Hamilton  Clark 

Born  April  12th,  1817 

Died  April  14th,  1883 

No.  29  Upright  Sandstone 

Here  lyes  the  Body  of 

Sarah  H.  Holmes 

daughter  of 

Abraham  and  Esther  Holmes 

who  died  in  the  8th  year  of  her  age 

it  being  on  the  30th  day  of  October 

in  the  year  of  our  Lord 

1771. 

No.  30  Upright  Marble 

My   Husband 

Robert  Laird 

Born  Aug:  20th,  1S21 

Died  April  28th,   1853 

Farewell  my  good  father  and  mother  most  dear 
May  I  meet  you  in  Heaven  we'll  never  meet  here 
To  sisters  and  brothers  a  heartfelt  adieu 
Our  friendship  forever  be  lasting  and  true 
Should  these  our  loved  friends  be  settled  and  gone 
'Tis  sweet  still  to  know  in  heart  we  are  one 
So  farewell  my  dear  wife  and  farewell  to  home 
Each  will  remember  though  parted  and  gone 

No.  31  Upright  Marble 

In  memory  of 

Nancy  Litle 

Consort  of  Joseph  Litle 

who  departed  this  life  March  3d,  1820 

aged  8r  years  and  3  months 

Blessed  are  the  dead  which  die  in  the  Lord 

from  henceforth  yea  saith  the  Spirit  that  they 

may  rest  from  their  labors  and  their  works  do 

follow  them. 


THE    DONEGAL   PRESBYTERIAN    CHURCH. 


IO9 


No.  32 


No.  33 


Upright  Sandstone 
Here  lyeth  the  body  of 
Joseph  Litle 
He  was  born  on  the  17th  day  of  November 

in  the  year  1737 

And  departed  this  life  on  the  23d  of  October 

178S 

Upright  Marble 

Here  lyeth  the  body  of 

Ephraim  Litle 

who  departed  this  life  the  31st  day  of  December 

in  the  year  of  our  Lord  1775 

in  the  61st  year  of  his  age 


No.  34 


No.  35 


No.  36 


No.  37 


No.  38 


Our  mother  and  our  sister 

Grace  Lytle 

died  Sept:  27th,  1856 

aged  80  years  and  three  months 

Mary  Ann  Lytle 

Our  Grandmother  and  our  Father 

Joseph  Lytle 

Died  Sept:  24th,  1855 

aged  80  years  and  3  months 

Elizabeth  Lytle 
May  20th,  1815 
May  14th,  1896 

Mother 

Annabell  Hendrickson 

wife  of 

S.  S.  P.  Lytle 

born 
May  1 6th,  1824 

died 
Nov:  29th,  1886 

George  Hendrickson 

son  of 

Samuel  S.  P.  and  Annabell  Lytle 

died  May  11,  1857 
aged  7  years  8  months  and  22  days 


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No.  39 


Mary  Grace 

daughter  of 

Samuel  S.  P.  and  Annabell  Lytle 

died  Aug:  2,  1857 
aged  2  years  4  months  and  iS  days 


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No.  40 


In  memory  of 
William  C.  Robinson,  Jr 
died  Nov:  27,  1859 
aged  27  years  8  mo:  and  11  days 

Rest  in  peace  thou  much  loved  one 
Rest  from  labor  toil  and  care 
Thou  hast  left  a  world  of  sorrow 
Gone  the  promised  bliss  to  share 


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No.  41 


William  C.  Robinson 

born  June  26th,  1797 

died  Dec:  10th,  1879 

aged  82  years  5  mo:  and  14  days 

Thy  trials  are  ended 
Thy  rest  is  won 


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No.  42 


Jennetta 

wife  of 

William  C.  Robinson 

born  June  3,  1802 

died  April  25,  1881 

aged  78  years  10  mo's  and  22  d's 

Life's  fevered  battle  over 
Rest  comes  at  last 


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No.  43 


Here  lies  the  body  of 

Hugh  Patten 

who  departed  this  life  October  the  8th  day, 

A.  D.  1770 

aged  53  years 


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No.  44  Horizontal  Marble 

Here  lies  the  body  of 

Isabella  Patterson 

daughter  of  John  Galbraith 

who  died  the  29th  day  of  October 

Anno  1764 

in  the  21st  year  of 

her  age 

No.  45  Upright  Marble 

In  memory  of 

Nancy  Scott 

who  departed  this  life 

Nov:  18,  1837 

aged  89  years. 

No.  46  Horizontal  Marble  Tomb 

In  memory  of 

John  Scott 

born  May  1st,  1773 

and  departed  this  life  October  8th, 

1842 

aged  69  years  5  months  and  7  days 

The  deceased  was  a  native  of  Ireland 
How  loved  how  valued  once  avails  the  not 
To  whom  related  or  by  whom  begot 
A  heap  of  dust  alone  remains  of  thee 
'Tis  all  thou  art  and  all  the  proud  shall  be 

No.  47  Upright  Marble 

In  memory  of 

Sarah  Morrison 

who  departed  this  life  September  22d, 

A.  D.  1833 

in  the  87th  year  of  her  age 

No.  48  Upright  Marble 

Elizabeth 
wife  of  James  Patterson 

died  May  23d,  1834 
in  the  63d  year  of  her  age 

No.  49  Upright  Marble 

James  Patterson 

died  October  29th,  1852 

in  the  87th  year  of  his  age 


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No.  50 


No.  51 


No.  52 


Upright  Marble 
In  memory  of 

Elizabeth  Ann 

daughter  of  Samuel  Smith  and  Mary  Patterson 

who  departed  this  life  July  25th,  1835 

aged  4  years  5  mo:  and  7  days 

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In  memory  of 

James  Alexander 

son  of 

Samuel  Smith  and  Mary  Patterson 

who  departed  this  life  Aug:  3rd,  1835 

aged  2  years  6  mo's  and  29  days 

In  memory  of 

John  C.  son  of 

John  and  Barbara  Ann  Patterson 

departed  this  life  Jan:  30th,  1836 

aged  4  mo:  and  4  days 

also 

Martha  Rebecca 

who  departed  this  life  March  6th,  1837 

aged  2  mo :  and  5  days 

E'er  sin  could  blight  or  sorrow  fade 
Death  came  with  friendly  care 
The  opening  buds  to  Heaven  removed 
To  bloom  and  blossom  there 

N°-  53  Upright  Marble 

Sacred  to  the  memory  of 

Anna  Martha 

daughter  of 

James  B.  and  Mary  Ann  Ferree 

who  departed  this  life  June  9th,  1834 

aged  10  mo:  and  18    days 

No.  54  Granite  Monument 

(  Recently  erected  by  Samuel  Patterson  of  Marietta.  ) 

Samuel  Patterson 

born  August  28th,  1772 

died  October  27th,  1831 

Mary  A.  McJimsey 

wife  of 

Samuel  Patterson 

born  Dec:  22d,  1778 

died  April  26th,  1847 


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No.  55  Upright  Marble 

Meribah 

widow  of 

Arthur  Patterson,  Sr. 

born  Dec:  17th,  1793 

died  April  12th,  1859 

And  now  Lord  what  wait  I  for  ? 

My  hope  is  in  Thee. 

No.  56  Upright  Marble 

(  Maiden  sister  of  Mrs.  Meribah  Patterson.  ) 

Catherine  Giberson 

died  Feb:  13th,  1881 

in  the  73rd  year  of  her  age 

No.  57  Upright  Marble 

Margaret 
relict  of  the  late 

Jacob  S.  Zell 

and  daughter  of 

Samuel  and  Frances  Evans 

departed  this  life  Nov:  1st,  1848 

in  the  52nd  year  of  her  age 

"Blessed  are  the  dead  which  die  in  the  Lord 
from  henceforth,  yea  saith  the  Spirit  that 
they  may  rest  from  their  labours  and  their 
works  do  follow  them." 

Weep  not  for  her  the  griefs  she  bore 

While  here  on  earth  are  hap'ly  o'er 

And  though  her  soul  has  passed  away 

From  its  frail  tenement  of  clay 

It  soars  above  beyond  the  sky 

In  blissful  joys  that  never  die 

No.  58  Horizontal  Marble 

In  memory  of 

Samuel  Evans 

who  departed  this  life 

April  2 1  st,  1805 

in  the  47th  year  of  his  age 

(  The  following  has  been  recently  cut  on  this  stone.  ) 

Alexander  L.  Evans 

son  of  Samuel  and  Frances  Evans 

born  March  22nd,  1799 

died  July  ist,  1839 


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No.  59 


THE    DONEGAL   PRESBYTERIAN    CHURCH. 

Horizontal  Marble  Tomb 

Sacred  to  the  memory  of 

Frances  Evans 

daughter  of 

Alexander  and  Ann  Lowrey 

and  wife  of 

Samuel  Evans 

born  Feb:  ist,  1775 

died  March  2nd,  1850 


No.  60 


In  memory  of 

Ann  Lowrey 

wife  of 

Alexander  Lowrey,  Esq. 

who  departed  this  life 

Nov:  21st,  1791 

in  the  58th  year  of  her  age 

also 

in  memory  of 

Alexander  Lowrey,  Esq. 

who  departed  this  life 

Jan:  31st,  1805 

in  the  79th  year  of  his  age 


Horizontal  Marble 


No.  6J 


Here  lieth  the  body  of 

John  son  of 

Robert  and  Catherine  Spear 

who  departed  this  life  July  7th,  1757 

in  the  7th  year  of  his  age 

and  also 
Here  lies  the  body  of 

Robert  Spear 

who  departed  this  life 

Sept:  17th,  1800 

in  the  84th  year  of  his  age 


Horizontal  Marble 


No.  62 


In  memory  of 

Samuel  McAffee 

born  Oct:  2nd,  A.  D.   1802 

died  Sept:  29th,  A.  D.  1824 

aged  21  years  11  months  and  27  days 


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115 


No.  63 


No.  64 


No.  65 


No.  66 


No.  67 


No,  68 


Here  lyeth  the  body  of 

Thomas  Clingan 
who  departed  this  life 
the  14th  day  of  October 

1788 
in  the  66th  year  of  his  age 


In  memory  of 

William  Gray 

who  departed  this  life 

May  18th,  1819 

in  the  43rd  year  of  his  age 


In  memory  of 

Catherine  Ann  Curran 

who  departed  this  life 

July  9th,  A.  D.  1823 

aged  5  months  and  7  days 


In  memory  of 

John  Henry  Curran 

who  departed  this  life 

March  2nd,  A.  D.  182 1 

aged  1  year  6  mo:  and  8  days 

Jane 

wife  of 

George  Ferree 

born  Dec:  1795 

died  Nov:  26th,  1878 

in  the  83rd  year  of  her  age 

In  memory  of 

Mary  Moore 

wife  of  the  late 

Zachariah  Moore 

who  died  Feb:  15th,  1847 

in  her  89th  year 

Tho'  lost  to  sight 

To  memory  dear 


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No.  69 


In  memory  of 

Zachariah  Moore 

who  departed  this  life 

June  19th,  1803 

in  the  54th  year  of  his  age 


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No.  70 


In  memory  of 

Mary 

wife  of 

Robert  Mcjimsey 

who  departed  this  life 

July  22nd,  1807 

in  the  67th  year  of  her  age 


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No.  71 


In  memory  of 
Mary 

consort  of 

Arthur  Patterson 

who  departed  this  life 

Jan:  the  15th,  1813 

in  the  39th  year  of  her  age 


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No.  72  Upright  Sandstone 

In  memory  of 

Margaret 

wife  of 

James  Patterson  dec'd 

who  departed  this  life 

April  1 6th,  A.  D.  1794 

in  the  50th  year  of  her  age 

She  maintained  through  life  the  Christian  relative 

graces  of  wife,  mother  and  friend  and  died  in 

the  hope  of  a  blessed  immortality 


No.  73 


Here  lies  the  body  of 

James  Patterson 

born  in  the  year  of  our  Lord 

Feb:  1720 

who  departed  this  life  the  19th  May 

1789 


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No.  74  Upright  Sandstone 

In  memory  of 

Jean  Patterson 

daughter  of 

Arthur  and  Ann  Patterson 

who  departed  this  life  May  2d,  1800 

in  the  61st  year  of  her  age 

No.  75  Marble  Monument 

In  memory  of 

Samuel  Patterson  and  Martha  his  wife 
the  latter  departed  this  life 

Sep:  10th,  1772 

in  the  33rd  year  of  her  age 

the  former  departed  this  life 

Nov:  15th,  1820 

in  his  94th  year 

(  This  monument  was  erected  by  the  grandson,  Samuel  Smith  Patterson.) 

No.  76  Upright  Sandstone 

In  memory  of 

Arthur  Patterson 

who  departed  this  life  the  3rd  day  of  July,  1763 

and  in  the  66th  year  of  his  age  and 

Ann,  his  wife  who  departed  this  life  the 

1  st  day  of  May,  1792,  and  in  the 

93rd  year  of  her  age 

(  These  were  the  progenitors  of  all  the  Pattersons  North,  South 
and  East  of  Mount  Joy — the  great-grandparents  of  James  Agnew 
Patterson,  the  present  {/80S)  and  only  Elder  of  Donegal  Church,  who  is 
in  his  Soih year). 

No.  77  Horizontal  Marble 

In  memory  of 

Josiah  Scott 

who  departed  this  life  Sept:  13th,  1765 

aged  58  years 

No.  78  Upright  Marble,  two  stones  on  one  grave 

In  memory  of 

Alexander  Scott 

who  departed  this  life 

March  26th,  1787 

aged  70  years 

Sacred  to  the  memory  of 

Robert  Patterson 

who  departed  this  life 

Aug:  9th,  A.  D.  1823 
in  the  22d  year  of  his  age 


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No.  79 


No    80 


No.  81 


In  memory  of 

Eliza  Jane  Patterson 

daughter  of 

Alexander  and  Jane  Patterson 

who  departed  this  life 

June  19th,  A.  D.  1831 

in  the  15th  year  of  her  age 

To  the  memory  of 

Samuel  Scott  Pedan 

who  departed  this  life 

the  10th  of  May,  A.  D.  1818 

in  the  52d  year  of  his  age 

In  memory  of 

Hugh  Pedan 

who  departed  this  life 

the  1 8th  of  October, 

in  the  year  of  our  Lord,  1800 

in  the  73rd  year  of  his  age 

In  memory  of 

Sarah  Pedan  consort  of  Hugh  Pedan 

who  departed  this  life  August  the  2nd,  1831 

in  the  83rd  year  of  her  age 


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No.  82 


In  memory  of 
Alexander  Patterson 


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who  departed  this  life  Feb:  1st,  1842 
aged  66  years  5  mo:  and  21  days 

The  peaceful  grave  my  bones  shall  keep 
Until  the  resurrection  day 
When  I'll  awake  from  my  long  sleep 
And  leave  this  cumbrous  bed  of  clay. 

[A  horizontal  sandstone  has  been  placed  on  this  grave,  on  which  the 
inscription  is  almost  entirely  obliterate,  but  the  persevering  efforts  of 
Mr.  John  K.  Miller,  Photographer  of  Maytown,  were  so  successful  in  its 
restoration  that  it  could  be  deciphered  without  much  difficulty.  The 
stone  had  previously  lain  elsewhere;  it  is  as  follows): 

Here  lyeth  the  body  of 

Martha  Pedan  wife  of 

John  Pedan  dec'd 

who  departed  this  life 

February,  1776 

aged  23  years  . 


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No.  83 


To  the  memory  of 

John  Pedan 

who  departed  this  life 

the  7th  of  February  A.  D.  182 1 

in  the  44th  year  of  his  age 


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No.  84 


In  memory  of 

Jane  Patterson  consort  of 

Alexander  Patterson 

who  departed  this  life 

Sept:  7th,  1859 

in  the  80th  year  of  her  age 


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No.  85 


In  memory  of 
Edward  McCreery 

a  native  of  Ireland 

who  departed  this  life 

April  16th,  1859 

in  the  74th  year  of  his  age 


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No.  86 


In  memory  of 

Rd.  Hillman 

departed  this  life 

Oct.  28th,  1835 

in  his  63rd  year 


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No.  87 


In  memory  of 

Elizabeth  daughter  of 

William  and  Martha  Hallowell 

died  Dec:  17th,  1856 

aged  5  mo:  and  12  days 


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No.  88 


In  memory  of 

Thomas  Hallowell,  Snr. 

who  was  born  Feb.  ioth,  1785 

departed  this  life  Sept.  26th,  1824 

aged  39  years  7  mo:  and  16  days 


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No.  89  Upright  Marble 

Margaret  E.,  daughter  of 

Samuel  and  J.  C.  W.  Redsecker 

Died  Oct.  ioth,  1854,  aged  1  year  6  mo:  and  17  days 

An  opening  bud  to  Heaven  conveyed 
To  bloom  forever  there 


No.  90  Upright  Marble 

Margaret  E.,  daughter  of 

Samuel  and  J.  C.  W.  Redsecker 

died  Oct:  23rd,  1848,  aged  1  year  7  mo:  and  2  days 

The  loved  of  many  hearts  is  gone 
The  light  of  many  eyes 
Her  little  race  on  earth  is  run 
Her  home's  beyond  the  skies. 


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OUR  FATHER 

Samuel  Redsecker 

born  March  13th,  1803 

died  Aug:  14th,  1864 

aged  61  years  5  mo:  and  1  day 

Let  me  die  the  death  of  the  righteous 
and  let  my  last  end  be  like  his 


No.  92  Upright  Marble,  two  stones  on  this  grave 

In  memory  of 

Catherine  Bell 

who  departed  this  life  Aug.  7th,  1822 

in  the  78th  year  of  her  age 

In  memory  of 

Walter  Bell 

who  departed  this  life  Sept:  18th,  1796 

in  the  51st  year  of  his  age 

No.  93  Upright  Marble 

In  memory  of 

James  son  of 

Hugh  and  Agnes  Wilson 

born  the  ioth  of  Aug:  1799 

and  departed  this  life 

the  29th  of  May,  1803 


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No.  94 


No.  95 


in 


In  memory  of 

Ar.  Patterson 

'ho  departed  this  life 

Jan: 19th,  1836 
the  65th  year  of  his  age 


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Here  lieth  the  body  of 

Samuel  Scott,  Jun'r. 

who  was  born  the  26th  of  August,  1753 

and  died  the  2nd  of  July,  1759 


Horizontal  Marble 


No.  96 


No.  97 


No.  98 


No.  99 


Samuel  C  Whitehill 

died  Feb:  12th,  1824 
aged  7  mo:  and  25  days 


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Anna  Mary  Whitehill 

born  July  25th,  181 7 

died  Oct:  12th,  182 1 

aged  4  years  2  mo:  and  17  days 

and 

Margaret  Elizabeth  Whitehill 

born  April  7th,  1831 

died  June  7th,  1844 

aged  13  years  and  3  months 

These  lovely  buds  so  young  and  fair 
Called  hence  by  early  doom 

Just  came  to  show  how  sweet  the  flowers 
In  paradise  would  bloom. 


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In  memory  of 

Jane  Augusta,  daughter  of 

William  and  Cath'e  Cameron 

departed  this  life  Aug:  10th,  1835 

aged  3  years  5  mo :  and  24  days 

"Suffer  little  children  to  come  unto  me, 
for  of  such  is  the  Kingdom  of  Heaven." 


Ann  Middleton 

born  1736 

died  March  29th,  1821 


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THE  DONEGAL  PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH. 


No.   100 


No.    101 


No.  102 


The  grave  of 

Margaret  Whitehill  McDowell 

who  died  May  17th,  A.  D.  1844 

aged  48  years 

In  memory  of 
John  Whitehill,  Esq. 
who  departed  this  life  Dec:  10th,  1806 
in  the  53rd  year  of  his  age 

He  was  beloved  in  life  and  lamented 
in  death. 


In  memory  of 

Mary  Whitehill,  consort  of 

John  Whitehill,  dec'd 

who  departed  this  life  March  22nd,  1829 

in  the  71st  year  of  her  age 

'Blessed  are  the  dead  which  die  in  the  Lord 


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No.  103 


Upright  Marble 
In  memory  of 

Jane  Cameron  consort  of 

William  Cameron,  dec'd 

who  departed  this  life  Dec:  4th,  1836 

in  the  73rd  year  of  her  age 

She  was  a  kind  parent  and  friend  of  the  needy. 


No.  104 


No.  105 


William  Whitehill 

born  Oct:  31st,  18 14 

died  Feb:  17th,  1840 

aged  25  years  3  mo:  and  17  days 

Friend  after  friend  departs 
Who  hath  not  lost  a  friend 
There  is  no  union  here  of  hearts 
That  hath  not  here  an  end. 


In  memory  of 

Jane  Wilson 

departed  this  life  May  31st,  1846 

in  the  47th  year  of  her  age 
Peaceful  in  life  tranquil  in  death. 


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No.  106  t  UPri?ht  MarbIe 

Sacred  to  the  memory  of 

Ann  Whitehill 

born  March  13th,  1784 

departed  this  life  January  19th,  i860 

in  the  76th  year  of  her  age. 

What  charms  has  earth  for  her 

Who  sees  by  faith  the  Heavenly  shore. 

No.  107  Upright  Marble 

There  is  rest  in  Heaven 
Elizabeth  C,  wife  of 

John  M.  Whitehill 

born  Sept:  nth,  1790 

died  April  5th,  i860 

"Give  her  of  the  fruit  of  her  hands,  andlet 
her  own  works  praise  her  in  the  Gates." 

No.  108  Upright  Marble 

Father  has  gone  to  rest 
John  Middleton  Whitehill 
born  Jan:  9th,  1788 
died  July  17th,  1866 
aged  78  years  6  mo:  and  8  days 
How  rich  and  precious  sounds  that  love 
That  tells  of  rest  and  joys  above 
And  lulls  a  troubled  heart  to  rest 
Upon  a  blessed  Saviour's  breast. 

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FATHER 

J.  Middleton  Whitehill 

born  April  26th,  1820 

died  July  20th,  1880 

Resting. 

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Sacred  to  the  memory  of 

John  Hays,  Jun'r. 

son  of 

John  Hays,  Sen'r. 

who  was  born  Dec:  the  5th,  in  the  year 

1775 

and  departed  this  life 

Nov:  the  27th,  1813 

An  honest  man,  the  noblest  work  of  God. 


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No-   in  Horizontal  Marble 

Sacred  to  the  memory  of 

Mr.  John  Hays,  Sen'r. 

who  departed  this  life  Jan:  26th,  1813 

in  his  74th  year 

He  was  an  affectionate  parent  and  husband 

zealous  for  the  Glory  of  God  and  for  the 

good  of  this  his  native  country. 

No-  JI2  Horizontal  Marble 

In  memory  of 

Eleanor  Hays 

who  departed  this  life  on  the  4th  of  June,  1S36 

in  the  45th  year  of  her  age 

And  having  spent  a  life  of  exemplary  piety  which 

she  exhibited  in  all  her  endearing  qualities  and 

her  firm  trust  in  her  blessed  Saviour,  she  died 

in  a  comfortable  hope  of  a  blessed  immortality. 

"Them  also  that  sleep  in  Jesus  will  God  bring 

with  Him." 

(Also  on  an  upright  marble  on  the  same  grave.) 

In  memory  of 

Eleanor  wife  of 

John  Hays 

and  daughter  of  the 

Rev:  John  Elder,  of  Paxton 

who  died  Dec:  12th,  1775 

aged  29  years 

N°-  JJ3  Upright  Marble 

Here  lies  the  body  of 

James  Hayes 

who  departed  this  life  on  the  third  day  of 

July,  A.  D.  1805 

aged  40  years 

No.  JJ4  Upright  Marble 

Here  lies  the  body  of 

David  Hayes 

(son  of  Patrick ) 

who  departed  this  life 

on  the  16th  day  of  July, 

A.  D.  1805 

aged  42  years 


THE    DONEGAL   PRESBYTERIAN    CHURCH.  125 

No.   115  ,      L    J       £  UPright  MarbIe 

Here  lies  the  body  01 

Susanna  Hayes  late  consort  of 

Patrick  Hayes 

who  departed  this  life 

the  22nd  day  of  April  A.  D.  1798 

aged  57  years 

jvj0>  n(y  Horizontal  Marble 

Sacred  to  the  memory  of 

Mrs.  Elizabeth  Hays  relict  of 

Mr.  John  Hays 

who  departed  this  life 

April  the  3rd,  A.  D.  1S21 

in  the  74th  year  of  her  age 

This  feeble  tribute  of  respect  is  offered  by 

one  who  knew  the  deceased  well. 

She  was  an  affectionate  wife,  kind  and 

indulgent  parent,  an  agreeable  companion 

and  firm  friend;  and  when  the  closing 

scene  of  life  came  she  calmly  resigned 

herself  into  the  Holy  keeping  of  her 

Lord  and  Master,  Jesus  Christ 

jsj0>   j  17  Horizontal  Marble 

Sacred  to  the  memory  of 

Hannah  Hays 

who  departed  this  life 

Feb.  24th,  A.  D.  1847 

in  the  64th  year  of  her  age 

"Blessed  are  the  dead  which  die  in  the  Lord,  from 

henceforth  yea  saith  the  Spirit,  that  they  may 

rest  from  their  labours  and  their  works  do 

follow  them." 

Rev.,  XIV:  Chap:  xiii.,  5. 

]\t0,  jig  Horizontal  Sandstone 

Here  lieth  the  body  of 

Rose  Candour 

who  depart  ys  life 

Aug.  the  23d  day,  1739,  aged  57  years 

Here  lyeth  the  body  of 

Josias  Candour 

who  departed  this  life  Oct:  the  nth,  1748 

aged  82  years 

In  memory  of 

Joseph  Candour 

who  departed  this  life  April  20th,  1784 

aged  71  years 

In  memory  of 

Mary  Candour 

who  departed  this  life  July  the  22d,  1797,  aged  55  years 


126  THE    DONEGAL   PRESBYTERIAN    CHURCH. 

N°-  *W  Upright  Marble 

In  memory  of 

Sarah,  consort  of  * 

George  Spear 

who  departed  this  life  April  3d,  A.  D.  1844 

aged  61  years  4  mo:  and  7  days 

No«  *20  Upright  Marble 

In  memory  of 

George  Spear 

who  died  Oct:  3d,  A.  D.  1846 

in  the  69th  year  of  his  age. 

Emphatically  an  honest  man  and  sincere  friend. 

No-  *21  Upright  Marble 

Sacred  to  the  memory  of 

Sarah  S.  Buchanan 

who  departed  this  life  Oct.  26th,  187 1 

Blessed  are  the  dead  which  die  in  the  Lord,  yea 

Saith  the  spirit  that  they  may  rest  from 

their  labours  ;  and  their  works  do  follow  them. 

No«  122  Upright  Marble 

MOTHER 

Amelia  Jane,  widow  of 

Rev:  T.  Marshall  Boggs 

died  Aug:  25th,  1869 

aged  55  years. 
Until  the  day  break 

No-  123  Upright  Marble 

Rev.  T.  M.  Boggs 

our  Pastor 

Thy  memory  we  cherish 

(On  the  reverse) 

Rev.  Thomas  Marshall  Boggs 

Pastor  of  the  Presbyterian  Congregations 

of  Donegal  and  Marietta 

for  14  years 

Died  Nov:  10th,   1850 

aged  37  years. 


*  (It  has  been  alleged  by  some  persons  that  Mrs.  Sarah  Spear,  who  resided  near  Big 
Chicquesalunga  Railroad  Bridge,  was  Dr.  John  L.  Atlee's  first  case  of  ovariotomy.  Such  is  not 
the  fact.  She  was  Dr.  W.  L.  Atlee's  first  case.  Dr.  John  L.  Atlee  had  operated  June  29th,  1843, 
on  a  lady  of  Lancaster  who  died  only  a  few  years  ago,  in  her  90th  year.) 


THE    DONEGAL    PRESBYTERIAN    CHURCH.  127 

No.  J 24  Upright  Marble 

In  memory  of 

Adam  Tate 

Son  of  the  Rev:  Joseph  Tate,  former 

Pastor  of  Donegal  Congregation 

who  departed  this  life  the  9th  of 

February,  1827,  in  the  74th  year  of 

his  age. 

He  was  an  affectionate  husband  and 

kind  friend.      He  was  truly  patriotic  in 

the  cause  of  his  country.     And  he  was  a  firm 

sincere  Christian,  which  he  evinced  by  his 

patience  and  submission  to  the  will  of  his 

Heavenly  Father,  under  severe  pain  and 

affliction,  and  in  his  last  moments  resigned 

his  soul  into  the  hands  of  his  dear  Redeemer 

and  blessed  Mediator. 

No.  J25  Upright  Marble 

In  memory-  of 

Serah  Tate,  daughter  of 

Rev:  Joseph  Tate 

who  departed  this  life 

15th  of  August,  1790 

in  the  30th  year  of  her  age. 

No.  126  Horizontal  Marble  Slab  on  Pedestals 

In  memory  of  the 

Rev:  Joseph  Tate 

late  Pastor  of  this  Congregation  for  26  years 

who  departed  this  life  10th  Oct:  1774 

in  the  63d  year  of  his  age,  and  also 

In  memory  of 

Margaret,  his  wife,  and  daughter  of  the 

Rev:  Adam  Boyd 

who  departed  this  life  May  13th,  1801 

in  the  75th  year  of  her  age. 

No.  127  Horizontal  Sandstone 

Here  lyeth  the  body  of  the 

Rev:  James  Anderson* 

late  Pastor  of  Dunnigall 

who  departed  this  life  ye  16th  of 

July,  1740,  aged  62  years 

also 

His  wife,  Suit  Anderson 

who  departed  this  life  ye  24th  of 

December,  1736,  aged  42  years. 

*  He  was  the  first  Pastor  of  Donegal  Congregation. 


128  THE    DONEGAL   PRESBYTERIAN    CHURCH. 

No  J28.  Horizontal  Marble 

In  memory  of 

James  Anderson,  Esq. 

who  departed  this  life 

June  rst,  1790,  in  the  70th 

year  of  his  age 

also 

In  memory  of 

Mrs.  Ruth  Anderson,  the  wife  of 

James  Anderson,  Sen'r 

who  departed  this  life  Jan.  2d,  1784 

in  the  62d  year  of  her  age.     She  was 

the  daughter  of  Thomas  and  Mary  Bayley 


No.  129  Upright  Marble 

In  memory  of 

Jane,  consort  of 

J.  T.  Anderson 

departed  this   life 

March  28th,  A.  D.  1837 

aged  27  years. 

No.  130  Horizontal  Marble 

Here  are  deposited 

the  remains  of 

Ruth  Stevenson 

wife  of 

Col:  Stephen  Stevenson 

who  departed  this  life 

December  9th,  1793 

in  the  33d  year  of  her  age 

She  was  an  affectionate  wife,  an  indulgent 
mother  and  a  sincere  friend. 


No.  131  ^  Upright  Marble 

Sacred  to  the  memory  of 

Dr.  John  Maxwell 

Born  in  Kent  Co:  Md. 

Sept.   13th,  1761 

Died  in  Marietta,  Lan:  Co:  Pa: 

Nov:  13th,  1815 

Blessed  are  the  dead  who  die  in  the 
Lord. 


THE    DONEGAL   PRESBYTERIAN    CHURCH.  120. 

No.  132  Upright  Marble 

Sacred  to  the  memory  of 

Dr.  Robert  G.  Maxwell 

Son  of  Dr.  John  Maxwell 

Born  in  Kent  Co.,  Md:  Aug.  2d,  1786 

Died  in  Marietta,  Lan:  Co:  Pa. 

May  20th,  1816. 

No.  133  Upright  Marble 

Sacred  to  the  memory  of 

Sarah  Jane,  youngest  daughter  of 

Adams  and  Mary  S.  Campbell 

who  departed  this  life 

March  22nd,  1841 

aged  2  years,  7  mo:  and  2  days. 

Rest  thee,  Cherub  Sleeper,  rest  thee, 
Free  from  anguish,  grief  or  pain, 
Earthly  woes  shall  not  molest  thee 
Thou  shalt  never  weep  again, 
May  we,  too,  when  called  to  slumber 
'Neath  the  calm,  the  tranquil  sod 
Join  like  thee  the  happy  number 
That  surround  the  throne  of  God. 
The  Lord  gave  and  the  Lord  hath  taken  away, 
Blessed  be  the  name  of  the  Lord. 

No.  134  Upright  Marble 

Sacred  to  the  memory  of 

Adams  Campbell 

who  departed  this  life 

Jan.  25th,  1840 

aged  39  years,  4  mo:  and  26  days. 

Remember  now,  thy  Creator,  in 
the  days  of  thy  youth,  while  the 
evil  days  come  not,  nor  the  years 
draw  nigh  when  thou  shalt  say 
I  have  no  pleasure  in  them. 

Eccls:  12th  c,  1st  v. 

No.  135  Upright  Marble 

Sacred  to  the  memory  of 

Samuel  Elder,  son  of 

Adams  and  Mary  S.  Campbell 

Died  September  12th,  1835 

aged  4  years,  9  mo:  and  24  days 

Thou  art  gone  to  the  grave 

But  'twere  wrong  to  deplore  thee 

When  God  was  thy  ransom,  thy  guardian,  thy  guide 

He  gave  thee  and  took  thee 

And  soon  will  restore  thee 

Where  death  has  no  sting,  since  the  Savior  hath  died. 


130  THE    DONEGAL   PRESBYTERIAN    CHURCH. 

No.  J36  Upright  Marble 

Sacred  to  the  memory  of 

Margaret  Campbell,  widow  of 

William  Campbell 

Born  April  3d,  1766 

Died  Aug:  31st,  1S29. 

Blessed  are  they  that  die  in  the  Lord. 


No.  J37  Upright  Marble 

Sacred  to  the  memory  of 

John  Campbell 

who  departed  this  life  Jan:  12th,  1841 

in  the  57th  year  of  his  age. 

Great  God,  on  what  a  slender  thread 
Hangs  everlasting  things 
The  eternal  state  of  all  the  dead 
Upon  life's  feeble  strings. 


No.  138  Horizontal  Marble 

In  memory  of 

Joseph  Work 

who  departed  this  life 

March  26th,  1795 

aged  39  years. 

His  distressed  parents  have  placed 

over  him  this  stone,  the  monument  of 

their  grief  and  affection. 


No.  J39  Horizontal  Marble 

Thomas  Bavly,  son  of 

John  Bayly,  Esq. 

who  was  born  January  6th,  1762 

and  departed  this  life 

February  9th,  1807. 

He  was  a  dutiful  son,  a  kind  brother  and  an 

affectionate  husband.     He  was  beloved  in  life 

and  lamented  in  death. 


No.  140  Upright  Marble 

In  memory  of 

Robert  Robinson 

Died  Feb.  20th,  1834 

aged  39  years,  2  mo:  and  5  days. 


THE    DONEGAL   PRESBYTERIAN    CHURCH. 


131 


No.   141 


In  memory  of 

Mary  Ann,  wife  of 

David    Roder 

who  departed  this  life  Sept:  30th,  1809 

aged  28  years 

Late  of  the  County  of  Armagh,  Ireland. 


Upright  Sandstone 


No.  142 


In  memory  of 

John  Watson 

Born  April  14th,  A.  D.  1798 

Died  Sept:  24th,  A.  D.  1852. 


Upright  Marble 


No.  143 


In  memory  of 

John  Watson,  M.  D. 

Born  December  25th,  A.  D.  1762 

Graduated  at  the  Medical  University 

of  Penna. 

July  4th,  1783 

And  after  a  laborious  life  spent  in  the 

successful  practice  of  his  profession 

Departed  this  life 

Nov:  16th,  A.  D.  1843 

aged  So  years. 


Upright  Marble 


No.  144 


In  memory  of 

Mrs.  Margaret  Watson 

Widow  of  Dr.  John  Watson 

who  departed  this  life 

Aug:  14th,  A.  D.  1850 

in  the  88th  year  of  her  age. 


Upright  Marble 


No.  145 


Rachel,  relict  of 

William  Brown 

and  daughter  of 

Dr.  John  and  Margaret  Watson 

Born  Dec:  29th,  1786 

Died  May  16,  1868. 


Upright  Marble 


132 


THE    DONEGAL    PRESBYTERIAN    CHURCH. 


No.  146  Upright  Marble 

In  memory  of 

The  Rev:  William  Kerr 

who  was  14  years  a  minister  of  the 

Gospel  of  the  Congregation  of  Donegal 

Born  the  13th  day  of  October,  1776 

and  died  September  22d,  1S21. 

His  labors  of  love  in  the  Gospel  Ministry  and  the 

lamentations  of  his  people  at  his  death  furnish 

pleasing  evidence  of  his  zeal  and  exertion  in 

the  cause  of  his  Master. 


No.  147 


In  memory  of 

John,  son  of 

William  and  Mary  Kerr 

Born  Jan:  12th,  181 1 

Died  Nov:  16th,   1813 

aged  2  years,  10  mo:  and  4  days. 


Upright  Marble 


No.  148 


No.  149 


No.  150 


No.  151 


In  memory  of 
Claudius  B.,  son  of 

William  and  Mary  Kerr 
Born  Nov:  1st,  1820 
Died  Jan:  24th,  1S21 

aged  2  mo:  and  24  days. 

In  memory  of 

David  Watson,  M.  D. 

Born  Dec:  12th,  A.  D.  1790 

Died  May  nth,  A.  D.  1856. 

FATHER 

Nathaniel  Watson,  M.  D. 

Born  Feb:  nth,  1800 

Died  Dec:  iSth,  1886. 

God  is  love. 

MOTHER 

Maria  Haines  Watson 

Born  Dec.  iSth,  1806 

Died  Sept:  24th,  1880. 

Resting. 


Upright  Marble 


Upright  Marble 


Upright  Marble 


Upright  Marble 


THE    DONEGAL   PRESBYTERIAN    CHURCH. 


133 


No.   152 


Upright  Marble 


No.  153 


Upright  Marble 


Anthony  Haines,  son  of 

Nathaniel  and  Maria  Watson 

Born  Nov:  2d,  1836 

Died  May  9th,  1851. 

Rachel  Brown,  daughter  of 

Nathaniel  and  Maria  Watson 

Died  May  26th,  1854 

aged  13  years  and  29  days. 

She  fell  asleep  here  our  dear  lovely  flower 

She  woke  up  in  Heaven  that  bright  pearly  bower 

An  Angel  had  whispered  "  Come  soar"  o'er  those  plaines 

No  sorrow  comes  there,  no  trouble  or  pains 

She  smiled  "  I  will  go"  then  hastened  away 

To  sing  a  new  song  in  the  mansions  of  day. 


No.  154 


No.  155 


No.  156 


Upright  Marble 


No.  157 


Upright  Marble 

Howard  L. ,  son  of 

J.  W.  and  S.  M.  Johnson 

Born  May  20th,  1866 

Died  Oct:  12th,  1868. 

David  R.  Watson,  M.  D. 

Born  Jan.  16th,  1846 

Died  March  24th,  1869. 

Upright  Marble 

Mary  Patterson,  relict  of 

Col.  James  Patterson 

Born  June  5th,  1785 

Died  August  7th,  1866. 

Fare  thee  well,  mother,  pale  quiet  sleeper 
While  in  life's  warfare  our  sorrows  we  drown 
We  know  that  thine  eye  sees  the  King  in  his  beauty 
For  us  is  the  cross  but  for  thee  is  the  crown. 

Upright  Marble 
Col:  James  Patterson 
Born  October  7th,  1775 
Died  May  30th,  1863. 
Therefore  my  heart  is  glad  and  my  glory 

reioiceth,  my  flesh  also  shall  rest  in  hope. 

Ps.  xvi.,  9. 

{He  was  for  many  yean  an  Elder  in  Donegal  Church.) 


134  THE    DONEGAL   PRESBYTERIAN    CHURCH. 

No.  158  Upright  Marble 

In  memory  of 

Margaret  R.,  daughter  of 

James  and  Mary  Patterson 

who  departed  this  life  Oct:  15th,  1827 

in  the  21st  year  of  her  age. 

Dutiful  to  parents,  benevolent  to  the  needy  and 
courteous  to  all. 

Dear'child,  adieu  !  the  dark,  the  gloomy  grave 
Conceals  thy  much  lov'd  image  from  our  sight 
Thy  spirits  gone  to  Him  who  being  gave 
To  dwell  we  trust  in  everlasting  light. 
There  may  we  meet  thee  when  our  race  is  run 
Affliction,  pain,  and  every  trial  o'er 
Vanquished  each  foe,  our  work  and  warfare  done 
Oh  !  may  we  meet  in  Heaven  to  part  no  more. 

No.  159  Upright  Marble 

Anna  Mary,  consort  of 

Robert  S.  Mcllvain 

departed  this  life  Dec:  15th,  1855 

aged  42  years,  10  mo:  and  10  days 

Alas  !     She  has  left  us,  her  spirit  has  fled 
Her  body  now  slumbers  along  with  the  dead 
Her  Savior  hath  called  her,  to  Him  she  has  gone 
Be  ye  also  ready  to  follow  her  soon. 

No.  160  Upright  Marble 

Susan  Mary  Johnson 

daughter  of 

Dr.  Nathaniel  and  Maria  Haines  Watson 

Born  Jan:  16th,  1839 

Died  Nov.  18th,  1890. 

No.  161  x  Upright  Marble 

John  W.,  son  of 

J.  W.  and  S.  M.  Johnson 

Born  April  27th,  1875 

Died  July  8th,  1878. 

No.  t62  Upright  Marble 

H.  Watson  Herr,  son  of 

Hiram  and  Charlotte  R.  Herr 

Born  June  30th,  1864 

Died  August  27th,  1885 

He  lives  for  Jesus  died. 


THE    DONEGAL   PRESBYTERIAN    CHURCH.  1 35 

No.  163  Horizontal  Marble 

In  memory  of 

James  Miller,  Senr 

Born  1742 

Died  1803 

Ere  time  began  from  chaos  hurl'd 

Rose  the  bright  spheres  that  bound  the  world 

Nor  wreck  nor  vestige  shall  be  found 

On  that  great  day  when  trumpet's  sound. 

No.  164  Horizontal  Marble 

In  memory  of 

Isabella  Miller 

Born  1726 

Died  1801 

For  if  the  dead  rise  not,  then  is  not  Christ  risen. 

Away  the  heavens  fled 

No  trace  thereof  was  found 

The  sea  gave  up  its  dead 

And  eke  the  earth  around. 

No.  165  Horizontal  Marble 

( On  this  is  erected  a  marble  monument ,  being  the  center  of  the  five 
Miller  graves — Nos.  /6j,  164.,  /6j,  166,  167.  The  horizontal  marble 
slabs  are  contiguous  on  a  brick  wall.  On  the  east  side  of  the  monument 
is  the  following  inscription): 

Sacred  to  the  memory  of 

Jean  Miller 

Born  1743 

Died  1813 

70 

{On  the  north  side  the  follozving): 

When  livid  deaths  descend 
And  skies  in  smoke  decay 
I  rise  at  His  command 
Though  mountains  melt  away. 

{On  the  west  side) 

Roll  on  thou  sun 
thou  too  must  fall 
by  fate's  decrees 
And  in  eternal  chaos 
wrap  thy  blaze. 

( On  the  south  side) 

Tombs  have  their  honours,  Parents  crave 
Some  slender  present  o'er  their  grave 
This  narrow  house  let  sacred  be  to  all 
Whilst  rains  descend  or  air  surrounds  the  ball. 


136  THE    DONEGAL   PRESBYTERIAN    CHURCH. 


Nc.  166  Horizontal  Marble 

In  memory  of 

William  Miller 
Born  1709 
Died  1787 

And  I  saw  an  angel  which  sware  by  Him 

that  made  the  heaven,  earth  and  sea, 

there  should  be  time  no  longer. 

No.  J  67  Horizontal  Marble 

In  memory  of 

James  Miller,  Junr 

Born  1765 

Died  1798 

Stop  youth  nor  urge  thy  destined  way 
This  verse  to  scan  one  moment  stay 
Entombed  beneath  these  marble  stones 

Securely  rest  J s  M r's  bones 

Now  knowing  what  I  wish  to  tell 
Pursue  thy  way  and  aye  farewell. 

No.  168  Upright  Marble 

In  memory  of 

William  Robinson 

who  departed  this  life 

August  24th,  1805 

aged  23  years 

No.  169  Upright  Marble 

In  memory  of 

Mrs.  Elizabeth  McFarquhar,  wife  of  the 

Rev.  Colin  McFarquhar,  Minister  of  the 

Gospel  at  Donegal 

who  departed  this  life  on  the  6th  day  of 

August,  A.  D.  1805,  and  in  the  64th 

year  of  her  age. 

No.  170  Upright  Marble 

In  memory  of 

Martha  Cooke 

who  departed  this  life 

the  13th  of  March,  1790 

aged  67  years 

No.  171  Upright  Marble  (Stone  Broken) 

In  memory  of 

David  Cooke 

who  departed  this  life 

the  22d  of  Oct:  1786 

aged  64  years. 


THE    DONEGAL    PRESBYTERIAN    CHURCH.  137 

No.  172  Horizontal  Marble  (Stone  Broken) 

In  memory  of 

Samuel  Cooke,  Esq. 

who  departed  this  life 

March  6th,  1804,  in  the 

49th  year  of  his  age. 

If  e'er  affection  claim'd  a  gen'rous  tear 

Or  friendship  earn'd  one  -pause  and  shed  it  here 

For  just  below  in  peace,  here  lies  reclin'd 

A  tender  husband  and  a  faithful  friend 

Whose  lib'ral  soul  on  proper  motives  bent 

Left  in  his  works  the  fairest  monument. 

No.  J 73  Horizontal  Marble 

Sacred  to  the  memory  of 

*Anna  Vance,  consort  of 

Joseph  Vance 

who  departed  this  life 

on  the  27th  day  of  February 

A.  D.  1819 
in  the  66th  year  of  her  age. 

In  faith  she  died  in  dust  she  lies 
But  faith  foresees  that  dust  shall  rise 
The  flesh  rests  here  till  Jesus  come 
And  claims  the  treasure  from  the  tomb 
Pity  the  man  who  buries  here 
All  that  on  earth  to  him  most  dear. 

No.  174  Horizontal  Marble 

In  memory  of 

William  McDowell 

Late  of  Conecocheague 

who  was  a  tender  parent,  careful 

instructor  and  an  example  of  piety  to  a 

numerous  progeny,  when  the  Settlement  whs 

obliged  to  fly  by  the  barbarous  Indian 

War.     He  deceased  in  these  parts,  so  was 

interred  here  September  12th,  1759 

aged  77  years 

No.  175  Upright  Marble 

Evalina  Keys 

died  Oct:  18th,  1792 

aged  14  months. 

*She  had  been  the  widow  of  Samuel  Cooke,  Esq. 


138 
No.  176 


THE    DONEGAL   PRESBYTERIAN    CHURCH. 


No.  177 


Here  lies  the  body  of 

James  Semple 

late  of  Conewago 

who  departed  this  life 

September  12th,  1757 

aged  44  years. 


Sacred  to  the  memory  of 

Beale  Bordley  Shippen,  son  of 

Robert  and  Priscilla  Shippen 

who  departed  this  life 

Aug:  10th,  1834 

aged  28  years  8  mo:  and  10  days. 

He's  landed  now 
Upon  that  happy  shore 
Where  troubles  cease 
And  sorrows  are  no  more. 


Horizontal  Sandstone 


Upright  Marble 


No.  J  78 


Jane  Henderson 
who  died  1795  in  the 
33rd  year  of  her  age 


Upright  Marble 


No.  179 


No.  180 


In  memory  of 

David  Henderson 

who  died  May  16th,  1838 

aged  77  years. 


In  memory  of 

William  Blair 

who  departed  this  life 

Dec:  27th,  1772 

in  the  18th  year  of  his  age 


Upright  Marble 


Upright  Sandstone 


No.  181 


Upright  Sandstone  (Stone  Sunken) 

Here  lyeth  the  body  of 

John  Wilson 

who  departed  this  life 

June  10th,  1791,  aged  85  years. 


THE    DONEGAL   PRESBYTERIAN    CHURCH. 


139 


No.  182 


No.  183 


Upright  Marble  (Almost  Obliterated) 

In  memory  of 

Mara  Knox 

who  departed  this  life  Aug:  22nd,  1831 

aged  63  years  6  mo :  and  3  days 

Upright  Sandstone  (Partly  Obliterated) 

Here  lyeth  the  Body  of 

{Possibly  Marga)  ret  McCafey 

who  departed  this  life  in  the  year  of  our 

Lord,  May  10th,  1796  {or  76) 

in  the  24th  year  of  her  age. 


No.  184 


No.   185 


No.  186 


No.  187 


In  memory  of 

Elizabeth  McLean,  wife  of 

Laughlin  McLean 

who  departed  this  life  July  16th,  \i 

in  the  40th  year  of  her  age. 

In  memory  of 

Lettice  Woods,  wife  of 

Perry  Woods 

Died  May  25th,  1835 

in  her  59th  year. 


In  memory  of 

William  Sterrett 

who  departed  this  life 

July  28th,  1818,  in  the 

56th  year  of  his  age. 

In  memory  of 

James  Sterrett 

who  departed  this  life 

March  30th,  1808 

aged  85  years 

also  of 

Mary  Sterrett,  consort  of 

James  Sterrett,  Jun'r 

who  departed  this  life 

May,  1 79 1,  aged  25  years 


Upright  Marble 


Upright  Marble 


Upright  Marble 


Upright  Marble 


140  THE    DONEGAL   PRESBYTERIAN    CHURCH. 

No.  188  Upright  Marble 

In  memory  of 

Nathaniel  Sterrett 

who  departed  this  life 

July  2d,  1807 

also  of 

Mary  Sterrett,  his  sister 

who  departed  this  life 

Dec:  28th,  1787 

aged  18  years. 

No.  189  Horizontal  Marble  Tomb 

Sacred  to  the  memory  of 

Ann,  consort  of  the  late 

Alexander  Boggs,  and  daughter  of 

Hermanus  Alricks 

Born  October  7th,  1760 

Died  September  20th,  1847. 

No.  190  Horizontal  Marble  Tomb 

In  memory  of 

Alexander   Boggs 

Born  October  the  7th,  1755 

Died  the  30th  March,  1839 

aged  83  years,  5  mo:  and  23  days. 

No.  191  Upright  Marble 

In  memory  of 

Ann  Boggs 

who  departed  this  life 

Feb:  6th,  A.  D.  1789,  in  the 

75th  year  of  her  age. 

{The follozuing  inscription  was  recently  cut  upon  this  stone)  : 

Andrew  Boggs 

died  April  9th 

1765 

No.  192  Upright  Marble 

In  memory  of 

Ann  Boggs,  daughter  of 

Harmanus  Boggs  of  Baltimore 

who  departed  this  life 

Aug:  27th,  1810,  aged  20  months. 


THE    DONEGAL   PRESBYTERIAN    CHURCH. 


141 


No.  193 


In  memory  of 

James  A.,  son  of 

Alexander  and  Ann  Boggs 

who  departed  this  life 

on  the  18th  day  of  August,  1824 

in  the  22d  year  of  his  age. 


Upright  Marble 


No.  194 


In  memory  of 

Jane  Boggs 

Born  1794 

Died  i860. 


Upright  Marble 


No.  195 


In  memory  of 

Ann  Boggs 

Born  1790 

Died  1864 


Upright  Marble 


No.  196 


No.  197 


Upright  Marble 

Sacred  to  the  memory  of 

Sarah  Sterrett 

Consort  of  William  Sterrett  dec'd 

who  departed  this  life 

May  31st,  A.  D,  1840 

in  the  73rd  year  of  her  age. 

Upright  Marble 

Sacred  to  the  memory  of 

Thomas  Woods 

Son  of  Thomas  and  M.  Sterrett 

Born  June  29th,  1829 

Died  May  14th,  1847 

How  hard  to;bow  to  Heaven's  decree 
And  unrepining  part  with  one  so  loved  as  thee 
Sad  tears  of  sorrow  o'er  thy  grave  we  shed 
And  mourn  thy  loss  till  memory's  self  be  dead. 


No.  198 


OUR  FATHER 

Thomas  Sterrett 
Born  December  nth,  1794 
Died  September  2nd,  1849 


Upright  Marble 


142        THE  DONEGAL  PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH. 

No.  199  Upright  Marble 

OUR  MOTHER 

Martha,  relict  of 

Thomas  Sterrett 

Born  March  14th,  1800 

Died  July  23rd,  1868 

No.  200  Marble  Monument 

Rev:  Nehemiah  Dodge 

Founder  and  Principal  of  Cedar  Hill 

Female  Seminary 

Born  in  Londonderry  New  Hampshire 

Sept  10th,  1794 

Died  at  Cedar  Hill,  Lancaster  Co:  Pa:  July  25th,  1876 

aged  81  years  10  months  and  15  days 

He  opened  his  mouth  with  wisdom  and 

on  his  tongue  was  the  law  of 

Kindness. 

Erected  to  his  memory  by  grateful 

pupils  as  an  expression  of  their 

appreciation  of  his  noble  life  work, 

Faithful. 

No.  201  Upright  Marble 

To  our  Mother 

Sacred  to  the  memory  of 

Matilda,  relict  of 

William  Armstrong  late  of 

Silver  Spring  Township  Cumberland  Co  Pa 

departed  this  life  in  peace 

July  10th,  1861 

in  the  75th  year  of  her  age 

I  rest  in  hope. 

No.  202  Upright  Marble 

Their  Country 

Sergt  William  F.,  son  of 

Andrew  and  Mary  A.  Armstrong 

A  member  of  Comp:  B.  45th  Reg1  P.  V.  V. 

who  was  mortally  wounded  whilst 

charging  the  Rebel  lines  in  front  of 

Petersburg  Va.  June  18th  and  died 

in  Hospital  at  Annapolis,  Md. 

July  5th,  1864,  in  the  24th  year 

of  his  age 


THE    DONEGAL   PRESBYTERIAN    CHURCH.  143. 

No.  203  Upright  Marble 

They  died  for 

Corp:  John  W.,  son  of 

Andrew  and  Mary  A.  Armstrong 

A  member  of  Comp:  B.,  45th  Regt.  P.  V.  V. 

who  was  killed  by  a  rebel  shell 

while  defending  the  front  line  of  the 

Union  works  in  front  of  Petersburg,  Va. 

Aug:  1 8th,  1864 

in  the  22nd  year  of  his  age 


No.  204  Upright  Marble 

Andrew  Armstrong 

died  March  25th,  1876 

aged  67  years  1  month  and  16  days 

Mary  A.,  wife  of 

Andrew  Armstrong 

Died  Nov:  16th,  1879 

aged  65  years  3  mo:  and  17  days 


No.  205  Upright  Marble 

In  memory  of 

Margaret  A.,  daughter  of 

Andrew  and  Mary  Ann  Armstrong 

who  died  March  7th,  1843 

aged  7  years  7  mo:  and  7  days 


No.  206  Upright  Marble 

In  memory  of 

Sarah  M. ,  daughter  of 

Andrew  and  Mary  Ann  Armstrong 

who  died  April  8th,  1843 

aged  5  years  and  23  days. 

No.  207  Upright  Marble 

In  memory  of 

Abraham  W.,  son  of 

Andrew  and  Mary  A.  Armstrong 

who  departed  this  life 

Feb.  4th,  1831 

aged  6  weeks  and  4  days. 


144        THE  DONEGAL  PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH. 

No.  208  Granite  Monument 

{On  the  east  side.) 

At  rest. 

OUR   FATHER 

John  Wiley 

Born  in  Conoy  Township,  Lan:  Co:  Pa. 

Nov:  15th,  1800 

Died  June  1st,  1870. 

( On  the  west  side.) 

OUR  GRAND  PARENTS 

William  and  Jane  Wiley 

Born  in  Ireland. 

Elizabeth 
Born  in  Ireland  Nov:  1792. 

Jane 

Born  in  Ireland  Feb:  1797. 

Children  of  William  and  Jane  Wiley. 


Nc.  209  Upright  Marble 

In  memory  of 

Dinah  Kildea 

who  died  March  25th,  1845 

aged  66  years. 


No.  210  Horizontal  Marble 

In  memory  of 

Joseph  A.  McJimsey 

who  departed  this  life 

Sept:  25th,  A.  D.  182 1 

in  the  41st  year  of  his  age. 

Twelve  years  Clerk  of  the  Senate  of  Penna. 


No.  211  Horizontal  Marble 

Mrs.  Eliza  McJimsey 

Died  May  5th 

1818 

aged  25  years. 


THE    DONEGAL   PRESBYTERIAN    CHURCH. 


145 


No.  212 


Mary,  consort  of 

S.  Smith  Patterson 

Died  July  16th,  1849 

aged  37  years 

There  remaineth  therefore  a  rest  to 

the  people  of  God. 

Dear  wife  :  dear  mother  take  thy  rest 
Thou  hast  been  freed  thou  richly  blest 
We  will  restrain  the  heaving  sigh 
For  thee  we  know  'twas  gain  to  die 
No  pain  or  grief  no  mortal  woes 
Can  e'er  disturb  thy  sweet  repose 
Rest  !  for  thy  work  on  earth  is  done 
Rest !  for  thy  crown  in  Heaven  is  won. 


Upright  Marble 


No.  213 


Sarah  Mary 

daughter  of 

Samuel  Smith  and  Mary  Patterson 

DiedlAug:  20th,  1853 

aged  20  years  7  mo:  and  16  days. 


Upright  Marble 


No.  214 


Jane  Elizabeth 

daughter  of 

Rev:  J.  L.  and  H.  B.  Rodgers 

Born  March  3rd,  1854 

Died  Oct:  1st,  1855. 

Suffer  little  children  to  come  unto  me 

and  forbid  them  not  for  of  such  is  the 

Kingdom  of  God. 


Upright  Marble 


No.  215 


In  memory  of 

John  W.,  son  of 

John  W.  and  Mary  Breneman 

Died  May  Sth,  1859 

aged  10  mo:  and  23  days 


Upright  Marble 


No.  216 


In  memory  of 

Barbara,  daughter  of 

John  \V.  and  Mary  Breneman 

Died  Oct:  4th,  i860 

aged  5  years  and  27  days 


Upright  Marble 


146 
No.  217 


THE    DONEGAL   PRESBYTERIAN    CHURCH. 


Upright  Marble  (Stone  Broken) 


In  memory  of 

John  W.   Breneman,  son  of 

Jacob  and  Ann  Breneman 

Born  Dec:  30th,  1820 

Died  Jan  12th,  i860 

aged  40  years  and  13  days 


No.  218 


No.  219 


Upright  Marble  (Iron  Fence  Inclosure 

Simon  Meredith  M.  D. 

Died  Feb:  21st,  1865,  in  the 

80th  year  of  his  age. 

Upright  Marble 
OUR  FATHER 

John  Raymond 

Born  July  13th,  1800 

Died  April  27th,  1880 

aged  79  jears  9  mo:  and  14  days 

But  that  the  world  may  know  that  I  love  the 
Father  ;  and  as  the  Father  gave  me  Commandment 
even  So  I  do  Arise  let  us  go  hence.    John  ij  :  31. 


Nc.  220 


No.  221 


No.  222 


Sacred  to  the  memory  of 

Okey  Hendrickson 

who  departed  this  life 

May  4th,  1S41 

in  the  61  st  year  of  his  age 


OUR  MOTHER 

Mary,  relict  of 

Okey  Hendrickson 

Died  May  27th,  1S60 

in  the  67th  year  of  her  age 


Sarah  J.,  wife  of 
Zebulon  Bishop 
and  daughter  of 

Okey  and  Mary  Hendrickson 
Born  March  5th,  1820 
Died  Dec:  12th,  1878 


Upright  Marble 


Upright  Marble 


Upright  Marble 


THE    DONEGAL   PRESBYTERIAN   CHURCH. 


147 


No.  223 


No.  224 


No.  225 


No.  226 


No.  227 


No.  228 


James  A.  Sterrett 
Born  May  23rd,  1793 
Died  Oct:  30th,  1851 


OUR  FATHER 

James  M.  Patterson 

Born  Sept:  13th,  1813 

Died  April  4th,  1867 


Thomas  J.  Patterson 

Born  July  31st,  1809 

Died  Sept:  14th,  1853 


AT  REST 

John  Patterson 

Born  Sept:  25th,  1805 

Died  May  12th,  1870 

aged  64  years  7  mo :  and  1 7  days 

AT  REST 
Barbara  A.,  wife  of 

John  Patterson 

Born  May  25th,  1S12 

Died  Feb:  21st,  1863 

aged  50  years  8  mo:  and  27  days 


Phebe  E.,  wife  of 

Rev:  G.  R.  Moore 

Died  at  Lyons,  Iowa 

Sept:  30th,  1857 

aged  25  years  7  mo:  and  22  days 

Will  you  unite  with  the  Savior 


Marble  Monument 


Upright  Marble 


Upright  Marble 


Upright  Marble 


Upright  Marble 


Upright  Marble 


No.  229 


Martha  Sterrett 

daughter  of  James  A.  and  S.  M.  Patterson 

Born  April  29th,  1849 

Died  Jan:  19th,  1864. 

She  is  not  dead  but  sleepeth. 


Upright  Marble 


148 

No.  230 

No.  231 
No.  232 


THE    DONEGAL    PRESBYTERIAN    CHURCH. 


No.  233 


No.  234 
No.  235 


Upright  Marble 


Upright  Marble 


James  Howard 

Son  of  James  A.  and  Sarah  M.  Patterson 

Born  Aug:  23d,  1852 

Died  Nov:  15th,  i860 

Laura,  infant  daughter  of 

James  A.  and  Sarah  M.  Patterson 

Died  Aug:  26th,  1856 

aged  23  days. 


Upright  Marble 

Sarah  Margaret 

Wife  of  James  A.  Patterson  and  daughter  of 

Thomas  Sterrett,  dec'd 

Born  Aug:  28th,  1821 

Died  Oct:  29th,  1858 

As  for  me  I  will  behold  thy  face  in 
righteousness,  I  shall  be  satisfied  when  I  awake 
with  thy  likeness. 

Psalm  xvii.,  /j. 


//.  Timothy  xi.,  19. 

William  S. 

Beloved  son  of 

James  A.  and  S.  M.  Patterson 

Born  Sept:  26th,  1854 

Died  December  22d,  1895 

{Has  been  removed  to  Mount  Joy  Cemetery. 


Upright  Granite 


No.  236 


He  is  not  dead  but  sleepeth : 

Joseph  Pinkerton 

Departed  this  life 

April  27th,  1859 

in  the  85th  year  of  his  age 

She  lives  for  Jesus  died. 

Jane,  wife  of 

Joseph    Pinkerton 

Departed  this  life 

August  13th,  1854 

in  the  70th  year  of  her  age. 


Upright  Marble 


Upright  Marble 


THE    DONEGAL    PRESBYTERIAN    CHURCH. 


149 


No.  237 


No.  238 


No.  239 


No.  240 


No.  241 


No.  242 


No.  243 


No.  244 


William  Pinkerton 
Born  June   1st,  1808 
Died  April  3d,  1871 

John   Pinkerton 

died  June  20th,  188S 

aged  78  years  2  mo:  and  21  days. 

Susan  A.  Pinkerton 
Born  April  4th,  1819 
Died  July  13th,  1889. 

Jane  Pinkerton 
Born  July  30th,  1816 
Died  June  1st,  1895 

FATHER 

Samuel  Lindsay 

Died  Sept:  30th,  1849 

Jesus  died  for  me. 

MOTHER 
Sarah  Dysart,  wife  of 

Samuel  Lindsay 

Died  March  27th,  1881 

We  shall  meet  in  the  morning. 

OUR    BROTHER 

Samuel  Lindsay 

Born  Jan:  9th,  1827 

Died  April  27th,  1863 

in  the  37th  year  of  his  age 

Still  live  the  memory 
In  our  grateful  breasts. 

OUR   SISTER 

Martha  Lindsay 

Born  June  6th,  1823 

Died  Dec:  24th,  1863 

in  the  41st  year  of  her  age 

Tho'  lost  to  sight  yet  to  mem'ry  dear. 


Upright  Marble 


Upright  Marble 


Upright  Marble 


Upright   Marble 


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Upright  Marble 


150 


THE    DONEGAL   PRESBYTERIAN    CHURCH. 


No.  245 


SISTER 
Margaret  Lindsay 
Died  Feb:  23d,  1881 

Resting. 


Upright  Marble 


No.  246  Granite  Monument 

Harriet  Patterson  Ziegler 

Died  July  9th,  1900,  in  her  83d  year 

There  remaineth  therefore  a  rest  to  the  people  of  God. 

Mary  Rachel  Ziegler 
died  May  10th,  1865,  in  her  8th  year. 


No.  247 


George    Hawthorn 

Died  Dec:  6th,  1855 

in  the  76th  year  of  his  age. 


Upright  Marble 


No.  248 


Mary,  wife  of 

George  Hawthorn 

Died  Feb:  17th,  1845 

in  the  63d  year  of  her  age. 


Upright  Marble 


No.  249 


Joseph  Hawthorn 

Died  Nov:  20th,  1841 

aged  19  years  and  29  days. 


Upright  Marble 


No.  250 


In  memory  of 

Elizabeth,  consort  of 

John  Denison,  Senr 

Died  May  25th,  1835 

aged  55  years  10  mo:  17  days. 


Upright  Marble 


No.  251 


In  memory  of 

John  Denison,  Senr 

Died  May  22d,  1841 

aged  78  years  1  mo:  and  15  days. 


Upright  Marble 


1  If"  " 

▼^    ** 

■    '! 

-    ' 

' 

M 1 

^H 

xtgni  Marble 


Monument 


bt  Marble 


Upright  Marble 


Upright  Marble 


jht  Marble 


:ht  Marble 


THE    DONEGAL   PRESBYTERIAN    CHURCH.  151 

No.  252  Upright  Marble 

MOTHER 

Ann  wife  of 

Jacob  Keener 

Born  Aug:  nth,  1819 

Died  July  19th,  1895 

aged  75  years  1 1  mo.  and  8  days. 

No.  253  Upright  Marble 

In  memory  of 

Jacob  Keener 

Born  June  5th,  1817 

Died  July  nth,  1851 

aged  34  years  1  mo:  and  6  days 

No.  254  Upright  Marble 

In  memory  of 

Mary  daughter  of 

Jacob  and  Ann  Keener 

Died  Sept:  30th,  1849 

Aged  2  years  6  mo:  and  20  days. 

No.  255  Upright  Marble 

In  memory  of 

Henry,  Son  of 

Jacob  and  Ann  Keener 

Died  July  19th,  1856 

aged  1 2  years  6  mo :  and  3  days 

No.  256  Upright  Marble 

Howard  S.,  son  of 

William  and  Mary  Fink 

Died  Jan:  5th,  1888 

aged  2  years  1  mo:  and  18  days 

We  loved  him  but  God  claimed  him. 

No.  257  Upright  Marble 

MOTHER 
Charlotte,  wife  of 

Henry  Smith 

Born  Sept:  nth,  1808 

Died  March  14th,  1885 

aged  76  years  8  mo:  and  3  days. 

She  was  a  tender  mother  here 

And  in  her  life  the  Lord  did  fear 

We  trust  our  loss  will  be  her  gain 

And  that  with  Christ  she's  gone  to  reign. 


152 


THE    DONEGAL   PRESBYTERIAN    CHURCH. 


No.  258 


William  Cary,  Son  of 

William  and  Nancy  Fink 

Born  Aug:  24th,  1866 

Died  April  7th,  1883 

aged  16  years  7  mo:  and  13  days. 

Sleep  on  dear  Cary  and  take  thy  rest 
God  called  you  home  He  thought  it  best 


Upright   Marble 


N°-  259  Upright  Marble 

OUR 

Mary  L.,  daughter  of 

William  and  Mary  C.  Fink 

Born  Feb:  16th,  1873 

Died  Nov:  13th,  1873 

aged  8  mo:  and  28  days 

The  Lord  giveth  and  the  Lord  taketh  away  blessed 
be  the  name  of  the  Lord. 


No.  260 


Minnie 

daughter  of 

David  and  Anna  Mary  Heilman 

Born  May  20th,  1875 

Died  Sept:  10th,  1875 

aged  3  mo:  and  20  days. 


Upright  Marble 


No.  261 


Our  darling 

Margarite,  dau:  of 

C.  E.,  and  E.  Fink 

Died  April  1st,  1895 

aged  2  years  4  mo:  and  10  days. 


Upright  Marble 


No.  262 


No.  263 


Horizontal  Granite  Monument 

Henry  H.  Wiley 
May  8th,  1832 
Oct:  ioth,  1897 


FATHER 

Samuel  Scott  Pedan  Lytle 

Born  May  ioth,  18 18 

Died  Jan:  4th,  1898 


Upright  Marble 


THE    DONEGAL   PRESBYTERIAN    CHURCH. 


153 


No.  264 


AT  REST 
James  Thompson 

Born  1797 

Coleraine,  Ireland 

Died  1883 

Marietta,  Pa. 

Elder  of  Donegal  Church 


Upright  Granite 


No.  265 


James  A.  Patterson 

Born  Sept:  26,  1810 

Died  Jan:  7  1899 

in  his  89th  year 

John  14  :  ig. 

Because  I  live  ye  shall  live  also. 


Upright  Marble 


No.  266 


Granite  Monument 


Nc.  267 


Mother 

Hannah 

Relict  of 

John  Wiley 

Born  1802 

Died  1897 

FATHER 

James  P.  Watson 

Born 

Jan: 22,  1830 

died 
June  29,   1901. 


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APPENDIX 


Tradition  and  facts  concerning  the  Patterson  families  of 
Lancaster  County,  Pa. — The  writer  has  spent  much  time  in  the 
endeavor  to  ascertain  the  relationship  between  the  Pattersons  of 
Colerain,  the  Pattersons  of  Rapho  and  Donegal  Townships,  and 
James  Patterson,  the  Indian  trader  ;  without  a  doubt,  they  all 
originally  came  from  Ireland,  but  correspondence  with  that 
country  failed  to  elicit  any  information.  The  writer  cannot  find 
any  authentic  evidence  of  relationship  between  the  Colerain  and 
Donegal  Pattersons.  It  is  almost  two  hundred  years  since  James 
Patterson,  the  Indian  trader,  is  said  to  have  come  to  this 
country  ;  that  his  son  James  settled  somewhere  in  Juniata 
County,  Pa. ,  and  that  he  is  the  progenitor  of  the  Pattersons  in 
that  region. 

Tradition  says  that  James  Patterson,  the  Indian  trader, 
married  Susanna  Howard  (probably  a  sister  of  Gordon  Howard). 
Their  son,  James  Patterson,  was  a  Captain  in  the  Provincial 
service  under  Col.  James  Burd,  and  his  home  was  in  Mexico, 
on  the  Juniata.  Soon  after  the  death  of  James  Patterson,  the 
Indian  trader  (which  occurred  about  1736),  his  widow  married 
Thomas  Ewing,  by  whom  she  had  two  sons,  James  and  John 
Ewing — James  was  a  General  and  John  a  Captain  during  the 
Revolution.  After  Thomas  Ewing' s  death  she  married  her 
third  husband,  Dr.  John  Connelly,  by  whom  she  had  a  son,  Dr. 
John  Connelly,  the  notorious  Tory,  who  was  imprisoned  in  Phila- 
delphia for  his  traitorous  conduct  towards  the  patriots  in  their 
struggle  against  Great  Britain.  The  following  evidence  in 
relation  to  these  statements  is  obtained  from  the  Pennsylvania 
Archives,  the  Records  of  the  Trustees  of  Donegal  Church  and 
Susanna  Connelly's  will,  establishing  the  truth  of  some  of  these 
assumptions  : 


156  THE    DONEGAL   PRESBYTERIAN    CHURCH. 

"Letter  of  Dr.  John  Connelly  to  President  Wharton, 
1777,"  in  which  he  says  :  "  I  herewith  transmit  your  Excellency 
the  obligations  signed  by  my  Brother  who  mistakenly  struck  out 
the  words  (and  severally)  as  judging  it,  rendering  him  liable  for 
double  the  sum  which  he  had  entered  into  his  recognizance. 
The  mistake  your  Excellency  will  observe  to  be  his  from  his 
letter  which  I  beg  leave  also  to  send.  John  Connelly." 

Letter  of  James  Ewing  to  Dr.  John  Connelly  : 

"Susquehanna,  April  4th,  1777. 
' '  Dear  Brother  :  I  have  signed  the  bond  agreeable  to  Law, 
after  striking  out  the  words  (and  severally)  which  words  would 
make  the  security  double  what  I  intended  into  the  last  recog- 
nizance for  the  whole  sum,  should  you  act  unworthily,  but 
rather  concluded  as  them  words  were  printed  in  the  Blank  that 
they  escaped  the  Secretary's  notice.  I  shall  expect  you  early 
next  week.  Archy  says  he  will  be  in  Philadelphia  on  Sunday 
and  I  would  advise  you  not  to  stay  any  time  in  town  after  your 
release. 

"  I  am,  Dear  Brother,  affectionately  yours, 

"James  Ewing." 

Directed  to   "  Dr.   John    Connelly,   in  the  State  Prison,    Phila- 
delphia. " — (Penna.  Archives). 

"At  Donegal  Meeting  House,  19th  November  1788,  an 
application  was  made  in  behalf  of  General  Ewing,  signifying  that 
General  James  Ewing  was  desirous  of  obtaining  the  privilege  of 
one  seat  in  the  meeting  house,  to  which  the  Trustees  did  cheer- 
fully acquiesce  and  marked  out  a  seat  for  him  accordingly."  — 
Trustees'  Records. 

Susanna  Connelly  died  at  Lancaster,  1753.  Abstract  from 
her  will,  written  April  27th,  1753.      Proved  July  7th,  1753  : 

"  Item  :  I  order  and  direct  that  the  house  in  ye  Borough  of 
Lancaster  wherein  I  now  live  be  sold." — Legatees  :  "  My  son 
James  Ewing,  my  son  John  Ewing,  my  son  John  Connelly,  when 


. 


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THE    DONEGAL    PRESBYTERIAN    CHURCH.  157 

he  arrives  at  his  age  of  twenty-one  years  ;  my  daughter  Rebecca 
Poison,  my  grandson  George  Poison,  my  son-in-law  James 
Lowry,  my  son-in-law  Benjamin  Chambers,  my  grandson  James 
Chambers.  I  nominate  and  appoint  my  trusty  friends,  James 
Wright  of  Hempfield,  and  Arthur  Patterson  of  Donegal,  my 
executors.  Item  :  I  give  towards  ye  building  of  ye  wall  round 
the  graveyard  of  Donegal  Meeting  House  ye  sum  of  five  pounds. 
Hem  :  I  give  towards  repairing  ye  fence  round  ye  graveyard  of 
St.  James'  Church,  Lancaster,  ye  sum  of  three  pounds." 

These  quotations  show  that  Susanna  Connelly  was  the 
mother  of  James  and  John  Ewing  and  also  of  Dr.  John  Connelly, 
and  that  Mrs.  Connelly  had  an  interest  in  both  Donegal  and  St. 
James'  Churches,  indicating  that  Thomas  Ewing  was  a  Presby- 
terian and  was  buried  at  Donegal,  and  that  John  Connelly  was 
of  the  Church  of  England  and  buried  at  St.  James'  Church, 
Lancaster,  and  further,  that  her  son,  James  Ewing,  showed  his 
Presbyterian  predilections  by  applying  for  a  seat  in  Donegal 
Church,  while  her  son,  Dr.  John  Connelly,  by  his  subsequent 
conduct,  sympathized  with  the  British  on  account  of  his  Church 
of  England  paternity. 

The  writer  remembers  a  ten  by  sixteen  feet  crumbling  stone 
wall  enclosure  in  Donegal  graveyard,  when  it  was  a  foot  high 
above  ground,  the  outlines  of  which  are  still  visible.  Tradition 
says  that  this  was  the  foundation  of  the  first  church  building. 
It  must  have  been  very  diminutive,  scarcely  allowing  sitting 
room  for  the  Pastor,  Elders  and  their  families.  This  was 
evidently  a  burial  enclosure — might  it  be  the  wall  mentioned  in 
Mrs.  Connelly's  will? — as  the  present  wall  was  not  built  until 
thirty-seven  years  afterwards.  No  doubt  Thomas  Ewing  is 
buried  there,  and  probably  James  Patterson,  her  first  husband. 
Mrs.  Connelly  appointing  Arthur  Patterson  as  one  of  her 
executors  might  be  considered  an  indication  or  relationship 
between  him  and  her  first  husband,  but  as  there  is  no  direct 
evidence  we  will  leave  the  reader  draw  his  conclusions. 

There  are  a  number  of  families  and  individuals  who  are 
known  to  have  attended  Donegal  Church,  of  whom  no  authentic 
data  are  extant.     Among  these  are  :  The    Millers,    Jamiesons, 


158  THE    DONEGAL    PRESBYTERIAN    CHURCH. 

Candours,  Keys,  Kellys,  Spears,  Works,  McQueens,  Muirheads, 
Allisons,  Clingans,  Mitchells,  Pattons,  Holmeses,  McBrides, 
McAfees,  and  others.  Some  of  these  are  on  the  records  of  the 
Church  as  having  held  important  offices,  whose  names  subse- 
quently disappear — some  have  moved  West,  some  have  died 
out,  and  others  may  have  become  members  of  Conewago  Church, 
which  was  founded  in  1738,  as  the  following  extract  from  the 
Minutes  of  Donegal  Presbytery  indicate  : 

"  Hanover,  August  30th,  1738. — Ministers  present:  Thomas 
Creaghead,  Thompson,  Bertram,  Boyd,  Alexander  Creaghead, 
Black  and  Anderson.  Elders  present  :  Mathew  Achinson,  David 
Henderson,  James  Carothers,  John  Cristy  and  Hugh  Scott.  A 
supplication  from  Conewago  was  presented  to  the  Presbytery  ; 
the  further  consideration  of  it  was  deferred  till  to-morrow. 
Aug.  31st,  1738,  the  business  of  Conewago  resumed,  and  the 
Presbytery  and  people  of  Conewago  and  Derry  agree  that  the 
meeting-house  of  Conewago  be  built  on  that  plantation  that 
belonged  to  Michael  Legale,  now  to  Clark,  and  all  people  on  all 
sides  have  liberty  to  join  thereunto  or  not,  as  their  convenience 
serve. ' ' 

This  Church  was  built,  as  ' '  Presbytery  met  at  Conewago, 
Oct.  1750."  It  was  near  the  present  site  of  Gainsburg,  four 
miles  west  from  Elizabethtown,  and  nearly  mid-way  between 
Donegal  and  Derry.  These  people  would  attend  Conewago,  it 
being  more  convenient  than  Derry  or  Donegal.  The  Jamiesons, 
Holmeses,  Chalmerses  and  McQueens  resided  near  Conewago. 
The  Muirheads  resided  at  Kelly's  Corner,  near  Colebrook. 
This  Church  was  abandoned  long  since,  the  property  has  passed 
into  other  hands  and,  there  being  no  charter,  the  burying-ground 
has  been  ploughed  over  and  some  of  the  tombstones  have  been 
used  for  building  purposes. 

Since  the  above  was  written,  the  writer  visited  the  site  of 
Conewago  Church,  in  company  with  Mr.  John  K.  Miller, 
photographer,  of  Maytown.  No  remains  of  the  Church  were 
found.  What  remains  of  the  graveyard  was  a  plot  of  ground, 
about  forty-five  by  one  hundred  and  fifty  feet,  overgrown  with 
thorn  trees,   briers   and   weeds.       The  outlines   of    part   of    the 


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graveyard  wall  were  distinctly  visible,  but  only  two  tombstones 
(sandstones),  partly  broken,  on  which  we  could  without  difficulty 
decipher  the  following  inscriptions  : 

In  memory  of 
George  Allison,  late  husband 

of  Frances  Allison,  he  died 

March  20th,  1790,  aged  61  years 

also 

William  Allison,  son  of  said  dec'd 

who  departed  this  life  July  15,  1792 

aged  5  years 

Here  lyeth  ye  Body 

of  John  Dunbar 

who  departed  yis  life 

Oct:  ye  5,  1745 

aged  51  years 

The  Allison  name  was  quite  prominent  in  the  early  history 
of  Donegal  Church.  What  remains  of  the  tombstone  of 
John  Dunbar  is  large  and  heavy,  well  carved  in  large  panel 
work  —more  artistic  than  is  usually  found  at  so  early  a  date — 
indicating  considerable  means  and,  no  doubt,  prominence  in  the 
Church.  The  name  Dunbar  is  indicative  of  English  or  Scotch- 
Irish  stock,  and  the  use  of  ye  and  yis  for  the  and  this  is  found 
nowhere  in  this  locality,  except  in  English  or  Scotch- Irish 
chirography. 

In  the  yard  of  the  farm-house  (about  one-quarter  mile 
distant  from  the  graveyard),  we  were  shown  part  of  a  grind- 
stone which  had  evidently  been  made  from  one  of  the  tombstones, 
as  marks  of  lettering  were  visible,  but  too  indistinct  to  be 
deciphered.  Mr.  Hollinger,  the  tenant  on  the  farm,  treated  us 
very  kindly.  The  proprietor,  Mr.  John  Alwine,  who  was  on  a 
visit  to  his  farm  at  the  time,  does  not  believe  that  a  church  was 
ever  built  on  the  spot,  but  thought  it  was  a  private  burying- 
ground,  but  admitted  that  two  acres  had  been  reserved  for  that 
purpose,  and  no  deed  was  ever  given  to  anyone,  without  the 
reservation,  when  the  farm  changed  owners.  This  may  be  a 
strong  inference  that  a  church  had  been  built  there,  as  the  ground 
reserved  was  much  larger  than  was  necessary  for  burial  purposes. 


l6o  THE    DONEGAL    PRESBYTERIAN    CHURCH. 

This  is  confirmed  by  the  very  recent  reference  to  William  Clark's 
will,  the  owner  of  the  property  at  the  time  the  Church  was 
built.  The  following  extract  from  his  will  removes  all  doubt  : 
ilIlem  :  I  leave  and  bequeath  to  my  dearly  beloved  son,  William, 
and  his  heirs  the  house  that  Robert  Cluer  now  lives  in,  and  two 
hundred  acres  thereto  to  be  divided  at  the  discretion  of  my 
executors  to  comodate  the  plantation  that  I  now  dwell  on,  and 
the  above  plantation  always  reserved  and  excepted  two  acres  of 
land  whereon  the  Meeting-house  now  stands,  with  the  con- 
veniences of  the  run." 

The  Rev.  William  W.  Downey,  in  a  history  of  Paxton 
Church,  says  that  "The  Rev.  John  Elder,  Pastor  of  Paxton 
and  Derry  Churches,  delivered  the  sermon  at  the  ordination  of 
Mr.  Black,  at  Conewago  Church."  The  date  of  the  ordination 
is  not  given.  Mr.  Black's  name  appears  as  a  member  of 
Presbytery  at  the  meeting  at  Hanover,  when  permission  was 
given  for  the  building  of  the  Conewago  church  ;  the  presumption 
is  that  in  the  absence  of  the  strict  formality  that  is  required  at 
the  present  day  it  was  not  observed,  and  that  an  organization 
was  already  consummated  at  Conewago,  earlier  than  the  pro- 
ceedings of  the  meeting  at  Hanover,  Aug.  31st,  1738.  The 
Rev.  Mr.  Elder  was  installed  Pastor  of  Paxton  and  Derry  before 
a  regular  organization  was  established. 

Eleanor,  the  wife  of  John  Hays  and  daughter  of  the  Rev. 
John  Elder,  of  Paxton,  is  buried  at  Donegal  (grave  No.  112). 


164  DONEGAL  MORAVIAN  CHURCH. 

house  for  the  use  of  the  brethren.  It  stood  on  an  eleven-acre 
tract  for  which  Francis  Seib  (or  Leib),  John  Kapp,  Peter 
Ruecksecker  and  John  Etter  had  taken  out  a  warrant  in  October, 
1745  In  1747,  Lischy  left  the  Moravians  and  joined  the 
Reformed  Church.  (He  was  born  in  Switzerland,  came  to 
America  in  1742,  fell  into  gross  sin,  and  was  expelled  from  the 
ministry  ;  1781,  died  near  York,  Pa.)-  In  1749,  the  German 
Reformed  faction  taking  advantage  of  a  wrong  direction  which 
had  been  given  to  the  deed  by  Lischy,  in  virtue  of  which  it  was 
made  to  appear  that  the  tract  had  been  taken  up  for  the  benefit 
of  a  Reformed  Church,  forcibly  dispossessed  the  brethren  of 
their  pulpit.  Hereupon  the  latter  met  for  worship  at  Peter 
Schneider's  until  the  Spring  of  1750,  when  a  school  and 
meeting-house  was  erected  for  their  use,  on  ground  donated 
by  Schneider.  In  August,  1750,  Thomas  and  Richard  Penn 
released  the  eleven-acre  tract  and  improvements  thereon  to  the 
brethren  by  a  '  Patent  of  confirmation  for  lands  in  Donegal. ' 
After  the  latter  had  reimbursed  their  opponents  for  the  expense 
they  had  incurred  in  erecting  the  Church  the  log  school-house 
was  transferred  to  its  side,  the  Church  itself  renewed,  and  then 
dedicated  by  Bishop  Matthew  Hehl,  Sept.  2Sth,   1753." 


DONEGAL  MORAVIAN  CHURCH.  165 


Members  in   1749. 


Brethren  : 
Francis  Albert 
Matthew  Baumgaertner 
John   Etter 
Abraham  Friederich 
John   Kapp 
Rudolph  Kuentzele 
Peter  Ruecksecker 
Peter  Schneider 


Sisters 
-  Albert 


Barbara  Baumgaertner 

Engeld  Etter 

Elizabeth  Friederich 

Catherine   Kapp 

Verona  Leypoldt 

Ann  Christiana  Ruecksecker 

Mary  L.   Schneider 


166  DONEGAL  MORAVIAN  CHURCH. 


Moravian  Ministers  Stationed  in  Donegal 
(Mount  Joy). 


Johan  Schmit — June  5,  1752  to  April,  1753. 

John  Michael  Zahm — September  12,  1753  to  September  29,  1754. 

Christian  P.  Bader — 1754  to  September,  1755  (1756). 

Philip  Meurer — September  28,  1756  to  April  3,  1757. 

Bro.    Brandmiiller — May  21,  1757  to  September  22,  1757. 

Henry  Beck* — September  26,  1757  (Bro.  Roessler  also,  on 
account  of  Bro.  Beck's  ill  health)  to  1758. 

Bro.  Roessler — 1759  to  February,  1760  (vacant  years  may  have 
been  supplied  by  preachers  from  Lititz  or  Lancaster,  or  by 
the  resident  schoolmaster). 

Melchoir  Schmidt — 1762  to  1766. 

Bro.  Wagner — 1762  to  1766. 

Bro.  John  Schvveishaupt — (Was  at  Mount  Joy  twenty-seven 
years,  probably  as  principal  assistant  or  schoolmaster  ;  for  so 
many  years  the  Congregation  Diary  was  kept  by  him). 

Bro.  Rothe — 1774  to  1796. 

John  Martin  Beck — October  23,  1796  to  November,  1798. 

Bro.  Miiller — To  December  18,  1804. 

Abraham   Reinke,  Jr. — 1805.      (Served  from  Lancaster). 


*  Henry  Beck  was  no  relation  of  John  Martin  Beck. 


DONEGAL    MORAVIAN    CHURCH. 


167 


A  Partial  Chart  of  the  Descendants  of  the 
Rev.  John  Martin  Beck 


John  Martin  Beck, 
born  Oct  17,  1820, 
died  Dec.  a,  1834 

Maria  Sophia  Beck, 
born  July  5,  1822, 
died  Dec.  5,  1824 

Samuel  ReinkeBeck, 
born  April  12, 1825, 
died  July  11,  1846 

Martha  Ann  Beck 
married  William 
Alexander  Ham- 
mer 


Ella  Augusta  Hammer 
Martha  Virginia   Hammer 
John  Beck  Hammer 
I   William  Joseph   Hammer 
1_  Annie  Beck   Hammer 


Rev.  John  Martin 
Beck  married 
Anna  Johanna 
Grube 


T  John  Augustus  Beck 
James  Nathan  Beck      Carol  Hooper  Beck 


John     Beck     mar-  ,     married  Marearetta      J?mes  Montgomery  Beck 

ried   Johanna        Caroline  Darling  f}ar.enuce  ^ar',n|  h.eck 

,  .     r>    •   ,  Carl  Bernhard  Beck 

Augusta  Reinke  '  u_i„   »»_.___   d—i. 


Julius  Augustus 
Beck  married  Su- 
sannah Kepple 


Abraham  Reinke 
Beck  married  Jo- 
anna Salome  Hue- 
bener 

John  Martin  Beck, 
born  Nov.  8,  1838, 
died  May  23,  1862. 


Helen  Watson  Beck 

Abraham  Raphael   Beck 
Katherine  Augusta   Beck 
Harry  Kepple   Beck 
John   Beck 

Martin  Augustus  Beck 
Marion   Beck 
Edith  Isabella  Beck 
Mary  Alice  Beck 

Martha  Beck 
Helen  Joanna  Beck 
Mabel  Adelaide  Beck 
Paul   Eugene  Beck 
Herbert  Huebener  Beck 


The  Rev.  John  Martin  Beck  was  born  1746,  in  Schaff- 
hausen,  Switzerland  ;  died  at  Lititz,  Pa.,  1827.  His  wife,  Anna 
Johanna  Grube,  was  born  in  Pennsylvania,  of  German  parentage, 
1758  ;  died,  1808.  Her  father  was  Bernhard  Adam  Grube, 
missionary  among  the  Indians. 

Prof.  John  Beck,  the  founder  of  Lititz  Academy,  was  the 
son  of  the  Rev.  John  Martin  Beck,  and  was  born  in  Graceham 
Co.,  Maryland,  on  the  16th  of  June,  1791.  When  five  years 
old  his  father  moved  to  the  neighborhood  of  Donegal  Moravian 
Church,  and  served  the  congregation  as  Pastor  from  1796  to 
1798.  Prof.  John  Beck  was  educated  at  Nazareth  Hall,  and 
founded  Lititz  Academy  in  18 15,  which  he  conducted  during 
fifty  years.     The  total  number  of  pupils  in    attendance  during 


168 


DONEGAL  MORAVIAN  CHURCH. 


that  period  was  two  thousand  three  hundred  and  twenty-six — 
representatives  from  twenty-six  States  and  Territories,  in  addi- 
tion to  those  from  Europe,  Asia,  West  Indies  and  Canada.  Of 
this  number  one  thousand  and  eighty  were  Lancaster  County  boys, 
representing  every  department  of  industry  and  the  learned  pro- 
fessions. A  Governor  of  the  State,  Judges,  Lawyers,  Physicians 
and  the  Ministry,  their  influence  on  the  fortune  of  Lancaster 
County,  who  can  estimate?  Five  of  Prof.  Beck's  children  are 
deceased.  Martha  Ann  Beck's  (Hammer)  son,  William  Joseph 
Hammer  is  electrician  in  New  York  City  ;  James  M.  Beck, 
Assistant  Attorney  U.  S.,  and  Carol  Hooper  Beck,  artist,  of 
Philadelphia,  are  sons  of  James  Nathan  Beck. 

Four  of  Julius  Augustus  Beck's  (artist)  sons  are  artists,  viz: 
Abraham  Raphael,  Harry  Kepple,  John  and  Martin  Augustus. 

Abraham  Reinke  Beck,  son  of  Prof.  John  Beck,  was  the 
founder  and  principal  of  the  Beck  family  school  at  Lititz.  His 
son,  Paul  Eugene,  is  organist  at  Lititz,  and  Herbert  Huebener 
is  analytical  chemist  at  Lancaster,  Pa.  He  has  been  recently 
elected  Professor  of  Chemistry  in  Franklin  Marshall  College. 

The  following  inscriptions  are  copied  from  the  tombstones  in 
the  Donegal  Moravian  graveyard — many  are  illegible,  some 
partially.  Those  given  here  are  among  the  earliest,  and  such 
as  have  the  uniform  square  stone  laid  upon  the  grave.  Among 
the  more  modern  are  the  Groshes'  and  Diffenderfers'. 


ORIGINAL. 
No.   lO 

Johannes  Kapp 

war  geboren  in  der 

Schweitz.  d.  26  Februar 

1704 

verschied  d.  2  November 

1757 

No.  26 

Eva  Delckerin 
Geboren  Oct:  1709 

in  YYiirtemberg 

ist  verschied  im  Jahr 

1769 

ihres  alter  war  58 

Jahr  und  4  monat 


TRANSLATION. 
No.  IO 

John  Kapp 

was  born  in  Switzerland 

the  26th  of  February 

1704 

Deceased  the  2d  November 

1757 

No.  26 

Eva  Delcker 
Born  Oct:  1709 
in  Wurtemberg 

is  deceased  in  the  year 
1769 

her  age  was  58  years 
and  4  months 


DONEGAL    MORAVIAN    CHURCH 


169 


ORIGINAL. 

No.  67 

Juliane  Friederichin 
Gebor  Biihlerin  1754 

bey  Litiz 
Verschied  d.  30  Mai 

1804 

Alt  49  Jahr  6  nionat 

und  15  tag 


TRANSLATION. 
No.  67 

Juliana  Frederich 

Born  a  Biihler  1754 

near  Litiz 

Deceased  the  30th  May 

1804 

Aged  49  years  6  months 

and  15  days 


No.  25 

Johannes  Etter 
Gebor:  d.  10  Juli  1723 

in  der  Schweitz 
Verschied  d.  28  Sept 


No.  25 

John  Etter 

Born  the  10th  of  July,  1723 

in  Switzerland 

Deceased  the  28th  Sept. 

(year  obliterated) 


No.  7. 

Barbara  und  Engeld 

Etterin 

Zwillinge  sind  Gebor: 

und  verschied  d.  10 

Sept:  1756 


No.  7 

Barbara  and  Engeld 

Etter 

Twins  they  were  born 

and  deceased  the  10th  Sept. 

1756 


No.  4-8 

Rahel  Stohler 
Geboren  Friederich 
Geb:  den  30  April 

1730 
Verschied  d.  28  Mai 

1792 

alt  61  Jahr  10  monat 

und  28  tag. 


No.  4-8 

Rachel  Stohler 

Born  a  Frederick 

Born  the  30th  April 

1730 

Deceased  the  28th  of  May 

1792 

Aged  61  years,  10  months 

and  28  days. 


No. 


Anna  Maria 

Stohler 

Geboren  den  3  Marz 

1765 

Entschlief  den  27  September 

1811 


No.  

Anna  Maria 

Stohler 
Born  the  3d  of  March 

1765 

Fell  asleep  the  27th  September 

181 1 


170 


DONEGAL    MORAVIAN    CHURCH. 


ORIGINAL. 

No.  66 

Joh:  Georg:  Baumann 
Geb.  d.  27  December 

1761 
Verschied  d.  21  April 

1804 

Alt  42  Jahr  3  monat 

und  25  tag 

No.  

Hier  ruhen  die  gebeine 

Die  Selgen  Dienerin 

Der  Hiesigen  Gemeine 

Christina  Maurerin 

Geb:  in  Wiirtemberg  d.  6 

Januar  1718 

Ruhet  von  ihr  arbeit 

Seit  17  Marz  1757 

No.  49 

Cath:  Biihlerin 

Geb:  d.  20  Februar 

1792 

Verschied  d.  20  Januar 

J793 
alt:  11  monat 
wenige  2  Tag 

No.  68 

Mattheis  Pflanz 

Geb:  d.  22  October 

1729 

Verschied  d.  29  Januar  1801 

alt  72  Jahr  3  monat 

und  7  Ta. 


No. 


Friedrich 

Stohler 

Geboren  zu  Basel 

den  23ten  October  1725 

entschlief 

den  3ten  Januar 

1815 


TRANSLATION. 
No.  66 

John  George  Bauman 
Born  the  27th  December 

1761 
Deceased  the  21st  April 

1804 

Aged  42  years,  3  months 

and  25  days 

No.  


Here  rest  the  remains 

of  the  Sainted  Sacristan  of 

this  congregation 

Christina  Maurer 

Born  in  Wiirtemberg  the  6th  of 

January,  1718 

Rests  from  her  labors 

Since  the  17th  March,  1757. 

No.  4-9 

Cath.  Biihler 

Born  the  20th  February 

1792 

Deceased  the  20th  January 

1793 

Aged  11  months 

less  2  days 

No.  68 

Matthew  Pflanz 

Born  the  22d  October 

1729 

Deceased  the  29th  January 

1 801 

Aged  72  years,  3  months 

and  7  days. 


No. 


Frederick  Stohler 

Born  in  Basel 

the  23d  October,  1725 

Fell  asleep 

the  3d  January 

1S15 


DONEGAL    MORAVIAN    CHURCH. 


I7I 


ORIGINAL. 


IMo. 


Hana  Fuhrmannis 
Geboren  d.  6  Mai 

1744 

Gestorben  d.  16  November 

1800 

alt.  56  Jahr  6  monat 

und  10  Tag 


No. 


TRANSLATION. 

Hannah  Fuhrman 
Born  the  6th  May 

1744 
Died  the  16th  November 

1800 

Aged  56  years  6  months 

and  10  days 


No. 


Andreas  Hock 

Geboren  in  Mai 

1717 

verschied  d.  24  Oct:  1794 

Alt:  77  Jahr  und  5  monat 


No.' 


Andrew  Hock 

Born  in  May 

1717 

Deceased  the  24th  Oct.  1794 

Aged  77jyears  and  5  months 


Mo.  58 

Johannes  Kiinzle 
Geboren  d.  29  August 

1755 

in  Mount  Joy 

verschied  d.  6  Mai 

1797 

Alt:  41  Jahr  8  monat 

und  7  Tag. 


No.  58 

John  Kiinzle 
Born  the  29th  August 

1755 

in  Mount  Joy 

Deceased  the  6th  May 

1797 

Aged  41  years,  8  months 

and  7  days 


No.  65 


Rahel  Schetter 

eine  Geboren 

Friedrichin 

Geb:  d.  22  Januar 

1776 

Verschied  d.  20  Januar 

1804 

Alt:  28  Jahr,  weniger 

2  Tag 


No. .65 

Rachel  Schetter 

a  born 

Frederick. 

Born  the  22d  January 

1776 

Deceased  the  20th  January 

1804 

Aged  28  years,  less 

2  days 


-: 


DONEGAL    MORAVIAN    CHURCH. 


ORIGINAL. 
No.  23 

Heinrich  Schneider 
Geb:  30  April 

1722 

in  der  Pfaltz 

Yerschied  d.  9  Juni 

1767 

Sein  alters  45  J  ah  r 

1  monat  und  10  Tag 


TRANSLATION. 
No.   23 

Henry  Schneider 

Born  30th  of  April 

1722 

in  the  Pfaltz 

Deceased  the  9th  of  June 

1:67 

His  age  was  45  years. 

1  month  and  10  davs 


Zum  andencken  von 

Jacob  Kuntz 

Er  ist  geboren  den 

1 1  ten  August  1 79 1 

Starb  den  iSten  June 

1S46 

Sein  alters  war  54  Jahr 

10  monat  und  16  Tag: 


In  memory  of 

Jacob  Kuntz 

He  was  born  the 

nth  of  August.  1 791 

Died  the  iSth  June 

1S46 

His  age  was  54  years. 

10  months  and  16  davs 


A  few  modern  English  inscriptions  are  subjoined  from 
marble  slabs  on  the  graves  after  the  manner  of  the  Moravians. 
There  are  also  some  upright  stones  in  the  graveyard  that  are 
known  as  descendants.  Among  these  are  the  Bishops.  Gantzes. 
Gebhardts  and  others. 


In 

Memory  of 

Daniel  Grosh 

who  was  born  July  31.  1774 

and  died  March  14.  [847 

aged  72  years.  7  months 

and  11  davs 


Louisa  Dittenderfer 

wife  of 

Philip  Diffenderfer 

Born  May  6,  1799 

Pied  April  23.  1876 

Aged  76  years,  11  mos. 

and  17  da   - 


Margaret  Grosh 

wife  of 

Daniel  Grosh 

and  daughter  of 

Henry  Mies 

Born  Sept.  26.  1776,  and 

departed  March  17. 

Aged  61  years.  5  months 

and  24  days 

In  Memory  of 

Christian  Grosh 

Born  March  16.  1796 

Died 

April  1S45 
Aged  49  years 


DONEGAL  MORAVIAN  CHURCH. 


173 


In  memory  of 
Ann  Diffenderfer 

wife  of 

Peter  Diffenderfer 

who  was  born  in  the  year 

1769,  and  died  September 

the  nth,  1842,  in  the  73d  year  of 

her  age. 


In 

memory  of 

Esther  Grosh 

wife  of  Daniel  Grosh 

who  was  born  the  26th  December 

17S9,  and  died  March  27th, 

1S47,  aged  57  years 

3  months  and  2  days. 


In  memory  of 

Philip  Diffenderfer 

Born  Oct:  10,  17S9 

died  Jan: 27,  1874 

aged 

S4  years,  3  mos.  and  17 

days. 


INDEX. 


INDEX. 

No.  of 
Page  Grave 

Anderson,  Rev.  James,  the  first  Pastor  of  Donegal  Church    .    22 

Anderson,  Rev.  James,  the  will  of 23 

Anderson,  Rev.  James,  chart  of  the  family  of 27 

Anderson,  Rev.  James,  place  of  burial  of 127  127 

Anderson,  James  No.  2,  quotation  from  the  will  of 25 

Anderson,  James  No.  2,  to  Anderson,  James  No.  3,  quotation 

from  deed  of 25 

Anderson,  James  No.  2,  and  Anderson,  Thomas,  quotation 

from  deed  of 25 

Anderson,  James  No.  2,  account  of  family  and  residence  of  .    26 

Anderson,  James  No.  2,  place  of  burial  of 128  12S 

Anderson,  James  No.  3,  account  of  family  of 26 

Anderson,  James  No.  4,  account  of  family  of 26 

Anderson,  Joseph  Tate,  account  of  family  of 26 

Anderson,  Mrs.  Jane,  place  of  burial  of 128  129 

Agnew,  James,  chart  of  family  of 63 

Armstrong,  Andrew,  family  of 94 

Armstrong,  Andrew,  place  of  burial  of 143  204 

Armstrong,  Matilda,  place  of  burial  of 142  201 

Armstrong,  Sergeant  William  F.,  place  of  burial  of 142  202 

Armstrong,  Corporal  John  \\\,  place  of  burial  of 143  203 

Armstrong,  Mary  A.,  place  of  burial  of        143  204 

Armstrong,  Margaret  A.,  place  of  burial  of 143  205 

Armstrong,  Sarah  M.,  place  of  burial  of 143  206 

Armstrong,  Abraham  W.,  place  of  burial  of 143  207 

Appendix 155 

Bayley  family,  the 71 

Bayley,  Thomas,  place  of  burial  of 130  139 

Barton,  Eliza  Jane,  place  of  burial  of 107  23 

Barton,  Anna,  place  of  burial  of 107  24 

Barton,  Margaret,  place  of  burial  of 107  25 

Bell,  Mr.,  called  to  Donegal     29 

Bell,  Mr.,  deposed  by  Presbytery 29 

Bell,  Catherine,  place  of  burial  of 120  92 

Bell,  Walter,  place  of  burial  of 120  92 

Beck,  Rev.  John  Martin,  chart  of  family  of 167 

Beck,  Prof.  John,  sketch  of  family  and  school  of 167 

Bishop,  Sarah  J.,  place  of  burial  of 146  222 

Black,  Mr.,  ordained  at  Conewago 160 


11.  INDEX. 

No.  of 

Page  Grave 

Blair,  William,  place  of  burial  of 138  180 

Boggs,  Rev.  T.  Marshall,  called  to  Donegal 34 

Boggs,  Rev.  T.  Marshall,  place  of  burial  of 126  123 

Boggs,  Amelia  Jane,  place  of  burial  of 126  122 

Boggs  family,  the 93 

Boggs,  Ann,  place  of  burial  of 140  191 

Boggs,  Alexander,  place  of  burial  of 140  190 

Boggs,  Ann,  place  of  burial  of 140  189 

Boggs,  Andrew,  place  of  burial  of 140  191 

Boggs,  Ann,  place  of  burial  of 140  192 

Boggs,  James  A.,  place  of  burial  of 141  193 

Boggs,  Jane,  place  of  burial  of 141  194 

Boggs,  Ann,  place  of  burial  of     ....       141  195 

Brown,  Rev.  William  B.,  stated  supply  of  Donegal 36 

Brown,  Rachel,  place  of  burial  of 131  145 

Breneman,  John  W.,  place  of  burial  of 145  215 

Breneman,  Barbara,  place  of  burial  of 145  216 

Breneman,  John  W.,  place  of  burial  of 146  217 

Buchanan  family, the 44 

Buchanan,  Dorcas,  place  of  burial  of 102  2 

Buchanan,  James  G.,  place  of  burial  of 102  2 

Buchanan,  Sarah  S.,  place  of  burial  of 126  121 

Cameron,  Jane  Augusta,  place  of  burial  of 121  98 

Cameron,  Jane,  place  of  burial  of 122  103 

Cameron  family,  the 89 

Candour,  Rose,  place  of  burial  of 125  118 

Candour,  Josiah,  place  of  burial  of 125  11S 

Candour,' Joseph,  place  of  burial  of 125  118 

Candour,  Mary,  place  of  burial  of 125  118 

Campbell,  Sarah  Jane,  place  of  burial  of 129  133 

Campbell,  Adams,  place  of  burial  of 129  134 

Campbell,  Samuel  Elder,  place  of  burial  of 129  135 

Campbell,  Margaret,  place  of  burial  of 130  136 

Campbell,  John,  place  of  burial  of 130  137 

Charter  granted  to  the  Trustees 10 

Church,  condition  of  the,  before  remodeling 17 

Clark  family,  the 83 

Clark,  William,  abstract  of  will  of 160 

Clark,  T       iam,  place  of  burial  of 103  6 

Clark,  John  W.,  place  of  burial  of 104  10 

Clark,  Thomas  Z.,  place  of  burial  of 104  11 

Clark,  Brice,  Jr.,  place  of  burial  of 106  17 


INDEX.  HI. 

No.  of 
Page  Grave 

Clark,  Esther,  place  of  burial  of 106  iS 

Clark,  Elizabeth,  place  of  burial  of 106  20 

Clark,  Mary,  place  of  burial  of 106  20 

Clark,  John,  place  of  burial  of 107  21 

Clark,  Brice,  Sr.,  place  of  burial  of 107  22 

Clark,  Margaret,  place  of  burial  of 107  22 

Clark,  Kate,  place  of  burial  of .  107  26 

Clarke,  Eugene,  place  of  burial  of 108  27 

Clark,  James  Brice,  place  of  burial  of 108  28 

Clingan,  Thomas,  place  of  burial  of 115  63 

Committees  appointed  to  collect  Minister's  salary 11 

Conway,  Rev.  David,  installed 38 

Cooke  family,  the 83 

Cooke,  James  No.  3,  family  of 87 

Cooke,  David  No.  1 ,  family  chart  of 88 

Connelly,  Susannah, 155 

Connelly,  Dr.  John,  letter  of 156 

Connelly,  Susannah,  death  of 156 

Connelly,  Susannah,  abstract  from  her  will      156 

Connelly,  Susannah,  executors  of 157 

Cooke,  Martha,  place  of  burial  of 136  17° 

Cooke,  David,  place  of  burial  of 136  l7l 

Cooke,  Samuel,  Esq.,  place  of  burial  of 137  172 

Curran,  Sarah,  place  of  burial  of 103  7 

Curran,  Brice,  place  of  burial  of 104  9 

Curran,  Catherine  Ann,  place  of  burial  of 115  65 

Curran,  John  Henry,  place  of  burial  of 115  66 

Cut  stones  placed  in  head  of  the  spring 20 

Church  organization  1901 41 

Deed  given  to  the  Session 9 

Denison,  Elizabeth,  place  of  burial  of 150  250 

Denison,  John,  place  of  burial  of 150  251 

Dollars  and  cents,  first  account  of 16 

Donegal  Presbytery  organized 22 

Donegal  and  Mount  Joy  congregations  separated 36 

Donegal  and  Mount  Joy  congregations  vacant 36 

Dodge  family,  the 96 

Dodge,  Rev.  Nehemiah,  place  of  burial  of 142  200 

Douglas,  Rev.  Orson,  elected  Pastor , 

Downes,  Rev.  Richard,  installed 38 

Draft  of  Glebe  land  explained .20 

Duffey  family,  the 95 


IV.  INDEX. 

No.  of 
Page  Grave 

Edgar,  Rev.  John,  installed  Pastor  of  Donegal  and  Mount 

Joy  Churches 36 

Elders,  deceased  list  of 40 

Ellmaker,  family  chart  of 6S 

Elder,  Rev.  John,  delivers  ordination  sermon  at  Conewago  .  160 

Elder,  Rev.  John,  daughter,  buried  at  Donegal 124  112 

Evans  family,  the  .... 80 

Evans,  Samuel,  place  of  burial  of 113  58 

Evans,  Alexander  L.,  place  of  burial  of 113  58 

Evans,  Frances,  place  of  burial  of 114  59 

Ewing,  Thomas 155 

Evving,  James,  letter  to  Dr.  John  Connelly 156 

Ewing,  James,  application  for  a  seat  in  Donegal  Church     .    .156 

Families  of  the  Church 42 

Ferree,  James  Barr,  family  chart  of 49 

Ferree,  Rebecca  Curran,  and  Sarah  Rebecca  Curran,  place 

of  burial  of 104  8 

Ferree,  Anna  Martha,  place  of  burial  of 112  53 

Ferree,  Jane,  place  of  burial  of 115  67 

Fink,  Howard  S.,  place  of  burial  of 151  256 

Fink,  William  Cary,  place  of  burial  of 152  258 

Fink,  Mary  L.,  place  of  burial  of 152  259 

Fink,  Margarite,  place  of  burial  of ...  152  261 

Galbraith,  Andrew,  application  to  New  Castle  Presbytery  for 

supplies 9 

Galbraith  family 42 

Galbraith,  W.  B.,  place  of  burial  of 102  3 

Galbraith,  Sarah,  place  of  burial  of 103  4 

Galbraith,  Juliet,  place  of  burial  of 105  13 

Galbraith,  Margaret,  place  of  burial  of 105  14 

Galbraith,  Ann,  and  Esther  Cooke,  place  of  burial  of  ...    .  105  15 

Galbraith,  Bartrem,  place  of  burial  of 105  16 

Galbraith,  Isabella  Patterson,  place  of  burial  of 111  44 

Gamble,  Rev.  Robert,  installed  in  Donegal  and  Mount  Joy  .    38 

Giberson,  Catherine,  place  of  burial  of 113  56 

Glebe  land  ordered  to  be  sold 11 

Glebe  land,  boundaries  of 9 

Graveyard  wall,  account  of       14 

Graveyard  wall,  extension  of 16 

Graveyard  wall,  south  side  of,  rebuilt 20 

Gray,  William,  place  of  burial  of 115  64 

Ground  granted  school-house 17 


INDEX.  V. 

No.  of 

Page  Grave 

Hayes  family,  chart  of 62 

Hayes,  John,  Jr.,  place  of  burial  of 123  no 

Hays,  Mr.  John,  Sr.,  place  of  burial  of 124  11 1 

Hays,  Eleanor,  place  of  burial  of 124  112 

Hays,  Eleanor,  place  of  burial  of 124  112 

Hayes,  James,  place  of  burial  of    .    .       124  113 

Hayes,  David,  place  of  burial  of 124  114 

Hayes,  Susanna,  place  of  burial  of 125  115 

Hays,  Elizabeth,  place  of  burial  of 125  116 

Hays,  Hannah,  place  of  burial  of 125  117 

Hatfield,  Abraham,  family  chart  of 59 

Hawthorn,  George,  place  of  burial  of 150  247 

Hawthorn,  Mary,  place  of  burial  of 150  248 

Hawthorn,  Joseph,  place  of  burial  of 150  249 

Hamilton,  Margaret,  place  of  burial  of 103  5 

Hallowell,  Elizabeth,  place  of  burial  of 119  87 

Hallowell,  Thomas,  Sr.,  place  of  burial  of 119  88 

Herr,  H.  Watson,  place  of  burial  of 134  162 

Henderson,  Jane,  place  of  burial  of 138  178 

Henderson,  David,  place  of  burial  of 138  179 

Hendrickson,  Okey,  place  of  burial  of 146  220 

Hendrickson,  Mary,  place  of  burial  of 146  221 

Heilman,  Minnie,  place  of  burial  of 152  260 

Hillman,  Rd.,  place  of  burial  of 119  86 

Holmes,  Sarah  H.,  place  of  burial  of 108  29 

Jamison,  David,  legacy  of 13 

Jamison,  Thomas,  place  of  burial  of 102  1 

Johnson,  Howard  L.,  place  of  burial  of 133  154 

Johnson,  Susan  Mary,  place  of  burial  of 135  160 

Johnson,  John  W.,  place  of  burial  of 134  161 

Kerr,  Rev.  William,  installed  at  Donegal t,^ 

Kerr,  James  W.,  M.  D.,  died 34 

Kerr,  Martha,  wife  of  Dr.  Orth,  of  Harrisburg 34 

Kerr,  Rev.  William,  place  of  burial  of 132  146 

Kerr,  John,  place  of  burial  of 132  147 

Kerr,  Claudius  B.,  place  of  burial  of 132  148 

Keener,  Ann,  place  of  burial  of 151  252 

Keener,  Jacob,  place  of  burial  of 151  253 

Keener,  Mary,  place  of  burial  of 151  254 

Keener,  Henry,  place  of  burial  of 151  255 

Keys,  Evalina,  place  of  burial  of 137  175 

Kildea,  Dinah,  place  of  burial  of 144  206 

Knox,  Mar'a,  place  of  burial  of 139  182 


VI.  INDEX. 

No   of 

Page  Grave 

Lane,  Rev.  John,  called  to  Donegal 36 

Laird,  Robert,  place  of  burial  of 108  30 

Litle,  Nancy,  place  of  burial  of 108  31 

Litle,  Joseph,  place  of  burial  of 109  32 

Litle,  Ephraim,  place  of  burial  of 109  ^3 

Lytle,  Grace,  place  of  burial  of 109  34 

Lytle,  Mary  Ann,  place  of  burial  of 109  34 

Lytle,  Joseph,  place  of  burial  of 109  35 

Lytle,  Annabell  H.,  place  of  burial  of 109  37 

Lytle,  Elizabeth,  place  of  burial  of 109  36 

Lytle,  George  H.,  place  of  burial  of 109  38 

Lytle,  Mary  Grace,  place  of  burial  of 110  39 

Lytle,  Samuel  Scott  Pedan,  place  of  burial  of 152  263 

Lytle,  Ephraim,  family  chart  of 70 

Lytle  family,  the 69 

Lindsay,  Samuel,  place  of  burial  of 149  241 

Lindsay,  Sarah  Dysart,  place  of  burial  of 149  242 

Lindsay,  Samuel,  place  of  burial  of 149  243 

Lindsay,  Martha,  place  of  burial  of 149  244 

Lindsay,  Margaret,  place  of  burial  of 150  245 

Lowery,  family  chart  of 78 

Lowery,  Alexander,  Esq.,  place  of  burial  of 114  60 

Lowery,  Ann,  place  of  burial  of 114  60 

Long,  James,  Sr.,  place  of  burial  of      104  12 

Lyons,  Mr.,  called  to  Donegal 29 

Lyons,  Mr. ,  returns  call  to  Presbytery      29 

Maxwell,  Dr.  John,  place  of  burial  of 128  131 

Maxwell,  Dr.  Robert  G.,  place  of  burial  of 129  132 

McAffee,  Samuel,  place  of  burial  of 114  62 

McFarquhar,  Rev.  Colin,  called  to  Donegal 31 

McFarquhar,  Rev.  Colin,  kept  the  books  of  the  congregation     14 

McFarquhar,  Rev.  Colin,  resigned  his  charge 32 

McFarquhar,  Rev.  Colin,  inscription  on  his  tombstone    .    .    .    33 

McFarquhar,  Elizabeth,  place  of  burial  of 136  169 

McCreery,  Edward,  place  of  burial  of 119  85 

McCafey,  Margaret,  place  of  burial  of 139  183 

McClean,  Hon.  William,  family  chart  of 55 

McConaughy,  John,  family  chart  of 54 

McConaughy,  James  Patterson,  family  of 55 

McConaughy,  Hon.  David,  family  of 56 

Mcjimsey,  Joseph  A.,  place  of  burial  of 144  210 

Mcjimsey,  Mrs.  Eliza,  place  of  burial  of 144  211 


INDEX.  Vll. 


No   of 
Page  Grave 


Mcjimsey,  Mary,  place  of  burial  of 116  70 

Mcllvain,  Anna  Mary,  place  of  burial  of 134  159 

McDowell,  Margaret  Whitehall,  place  of  burial  of 122  100 

McDowell,  William,  place  of  burial  of 137  174 

McLean,  Elizabeth,  place  of  burial  of 139  184 

McKinley,  President  William,  a  descendant  of  Donegal     .    .    65 

McKinley,  David,  notice  of , 65 

Mehaffey,  James,  family  chart  of 92 

Meredith,  Simon,  M.  D.,  place  of  burial  of 146  218 

Middleton,  Ann,  place  of  burial  of 121  99 

Miller,  James,  Sr.,  place  of  burial  of 135  163 

Miller,  Isabella,  place  of  burial  of .  135  164 

Miller,  Jean,  place  of  burial  of 135  165 

Miller,  William,  place  of  burial  of 136  166 

Miller,  James,  Jr.,  place  of  burial  of 136  167 

Moorehead,  James,  purchaser  of  the  Glebe  land 12 

Moore,  William,  legacy  of 13 

Moore,  Ephraim,  family  chart  of      59 

Moore,  Rev.  R.  G.,  family  chart  of 49 

Moore,  Phebe  E.,  place  of  burial  of  ....    . 147  228 

Moore,  Mary,  place  of  burial  of 115  68 

Moore,  Zachariah,  place  of  burial  of 116  69 

Morison,  Sarah,  place  of  burial  of 111  47 

Moravian  Church,  the  Donegal 163 

Moravian  Church,  members  of  the 165 

Moravian  Church,  Pastors  of  the 166 

New  School  Church  of  Mt.  Joy  unites  with  the  Old  School 
under  the  pastorate  of  Rev.  J.  L.  Rodgers .    36 

Pastors  of  Donegal  Church,  account  of  the 21 

Pastors  of  Donegal  Church,  recapitulation  of 39 

Patterson,  Arthur,  offering  in  behalf  of  the  congregation    .    .  29 

Patterson,  the  family  of 44 

Patterson,  Arthur  No.  1 ,  chart  of  the  family  of 45 

Patterson,  Samuel  Smith  No.  27,  chart  of  the  family  of    ...  47 

Patterson,  Arthur  No.  14,  chart  of  the  family  of 51 

Patterson,  Col.  James  No.  15,  chart  of  the  family  of 52 

Patterson,  Dr.  William,  a  memorial  of 56 

Patterson,  William  No.  9,  the  residence  of 56 

Patterson,  William  No.  9,  the  certificate  of  the  death  of  .    .    .  57 

Patterson,  Arthur  No.  22,  chart  of  the  family  of 58 

Patterson,  Alexander  No.  24,  the  family  of 58 


Vlll. 


INDEX. 


Patterson,  James,  the  Indian  trader 

Patterson,  Elizabeth,  place  of  burial  of     .    .    . 

Patterson,  James,  place  of  burial  of 

Patterson,  Elizabeth  Ann,  place  of  burial  of  . 
Patterson,  James  Alexander,  place  of  burial  of 
Patterson,  Joseph  C,  place  of  burial  of  .  .  . 
Patterson,  Martha  Rebecca,  place  of  burial  of 
Patterson,  Samuel,  place  of  burial  of  .... 
Patterson,  Mary  Mcjimsey,  place  of  burial  of 
Patterson,  Meribah,  place  of  burial  of  ...    . 

Patterson,  Mary,  place  of  burial  of 

Patterson,  Margaret,  place  of  burial  of  ...    . 

Patterson,  James,  place  of  burial  of 

Patterson,  Jean,  place  of  burial  of 

Patterson,  Samuel,  place  of  burial  of 

Patterson,  Martha,  place  of  burial  of     .... 

Patterson,  Arthur,  place  of  burial  of 

Patterson,  Ann,  place  of  burial  of 

Patterson,  Robert,  place  of  burial  of 

Patterson,  Eliza  Jane,  place  of  burial  of  .  .  . 
Patterson,  Alexander,  place  of  burial  of  .    .    . 

Patterson,  Jane,  place  of  burial  of 

Patterson,  Ar.,  place  of  burial  of 

Patterson,  Mary,  place  of  burial  of 

Patterson,  Col.  James,  place  of  burial  of  .  .  . 
Patterson,  Margaret  R.,  place  of  burial  of  .    . 

Patterson,  Mary,  place  of  burial  of 

Patterson,  Sarah  Mary,  place  of  burial  of  .  . 
Patterson,  James  M.,  place  of  burial  of  .  .  . 
Patterson,  Thomas  J.,  place  of  burial  of      .    . 

Patterson,  John,  place  of  burial  of 

Patterson,  Barbara  A.,  place  of  burial  of  .  .  . 
Patterson,  Martha  Sterrett,  place  of  burial  of  . 
Patterson,  James  Howard,  place  of  burial  of  . 

Patterson,  Laura,  place  of  burial  of 

Patterson,  Sarah  Margaret,  place  of  burial  of 
Patterson,  William  S.,  place  of  burial  of  .  . 
Patterson,  James  A.,  place  of  burial  of  ...    . 

Patten,  Hugh,  place  of  burial  of 

Pedan,  Samuel  Scott,  place  of  burial  of   .    .    . 

Pedan,  Hugh,  place  of  burial  of 

Pedan,  Sarah,  place  of  burial  of 

Pedan,  Martha,  place  of  burial  of 


No  of 

Page 

Grave 

155 

III 

48 

III 

49 

I  12 

5o 

112 

5i 

I  12 

52 

112 

52 

112 

54 

112 

54 

113 

55 

Il6 

7i 

Il6 

72 

Il6 

73 

117 

74 

117 

75 

117 

75 

117 

76 

117 

76 

117 

78 

Il8 

79 

Il8 

82 

II9 

84 

121 

94 

J33 

156 

133 

157 

134 

158 

145 

212 

145 

213 

147 

224 

147 

225 

147 

226 

147 

227 

147 

229 

148 

230 

14S 

231 

148 

232 

148 

233 

153 

265 

no 

43 

118 

80 

118 

81 

118 

81 

118 

82 

INDEX.  IX. 

No.  of 
Page  Grave 

Pedan,  John,  place  of  burial  of 119  83 

Pedan,  Hugh,  chart  of  the  family  of 90 

Park,  James,  chart  of  the  family  of 95 

Pinkerton,  Joseph,  chart  of  the  family  of 98 

Pinkerton,  Joseph,  place  of  burial  of 148  235 

Pinkerton,  Jane,  place  of  burial  of 148  236 

Pinkerton,  William,  place  of  burial  of 149  237 

Pinkerton,  John,  place  of  burial  of 149  238 

Pinkerton,  Susan  A.,  place  of  burial  of 149  239 

Pinkerton,  Jane,  place  of  burial  of 149  240 

Porter,  Rev.  Samuel,  place  of  burial  of    .    , 106  19 

Porter,  Jane  C,  place  of  burial  of 106  19 

Presbytery,  meet  of,  at  Hanover 158 

Raymon,  John,  place  of  burial  of 146  219 

Redsecker,  Samuel,  chart  of  the  family   of    (see  Whitehill 

family,  page  81) 81 

Redsecker,  Margaret  E.,  place  of  burial  of 120  89 

Redsecker,  Margaret  E.,  place  of  burial  of 120  90 

Redsecker,  Samuel,  place  of  burial  of  .    .    .       120  91 

Richards,  Rev.  M.  M.,  the  chart  of  the  family  of 55 

Robinson,  William  C,  Jr.,  place  of  burial  of no  40 

Robinson,  William  C,  place  of  burial  of no  41 

Robinson,  Jennetta,  place  of  burial  of no  42 

Robinson,  Robert,  place  of  burial  of 130  140 

Robinson,  William,  place  of  burial  of 136  168 

Roder,  Mary  Ann,  place  of  burial  of 131  141 

Rodgers,  Rev.  J.  L.,  ordained  and  installed 35 

Rodgers,  Rev.  J.  L.,  resigns 36 

Rodgers,  Jane  Elizabeth,  place  of  burial  of 145  214 

Scott,  Samuel,  action  on  legacy  of 11 

Scott  family,  the 59 

Scott,  Abraham,  the  family  of 60 

Scott,  Hugh,  the  family  of 61 

Scott,  John 99 

Scott,  John,  place  of  burial  of in  46 

Scott,  Nancy,  place  of  burial  of      in  45 

Scott,  Josiah,  place  of  burial  of 117  77 

Scott,  Alexander,  place  of  burial  of '.    .  117  78 

Scott,  Samuel,  Jr.,  place  of  burial  of 121  95 

School-house,  account  of 20 

Semple,  James,  place  of  burial  of 138  176 


X.  INDEX. 

No.  of 
Page  Grave 

Settlers,  report  of 14 

Shippen,  Beale  Bordley,  place  of  burial  of 13S  177 

Sheller,  Christian,  the  family  of 91 

Shock,  John,  the  family  chart  of 48 

Smith,  Charlotte,  place  of  burial  of 151  257 

Snouk,  Rev.  Edward  A.,  installed 38 

Snook,  Rev.  Edward  A.,  resigned 38 

Spangler,  William,  the  family  of 50 

Spear  family,  the 93 

Spear,  Sarah,  place  of  burial  of 126  119 

Spear,  George,  place  of  burial  of 126  120 

Spear,  John,  place  of  burial  of 114  61 

Spear,  Robert,  place  of  burial  of 114  61 

Stahl  family,  the 94 

Stephenson,  James,  the  family  of 64 

Sterrett,  James  No.  1,  chart  of  the  family  of 72 

Sterrett,  William  No.  4,  chart  of  the  family  of 76 

Sterrett,  James  A.  No.  25 76 

Sterrett,  Thomas  No.  26 76 

Sterrett,  Rev.  David  No.  28,  chart  of  the  family  of 77 

Sterrett,  James,  place  of  burial  of 139  1S7 

Sterrett,  Mary,  place  of  burial  of 139  187 

Sterrett,  William,  place  of  burial  of 139  186 

Sterrett,  Nathaniel,  place  of  burial  of 140  188 

Sterrett,  Mary,  place  of  burial  of 140  188 

Sterrett,  Sarah,  place  of  burial  of 141  196 

Sterrett,  Thomas  Woods,  place  of  burial  of 141  197 

Sterrett,  Thomas,  place  of  burial  of 141  198 

Sterrett,  Martha,  place  of  burial  of 142  199 

Sterrett,  James  A.,  place  of  burial  of 147  223 

Stevenson,  Ruth,  place  of  burial  of 128  130 

Study-house,  the— built 16 

Supplies  for  Donegal 29 

Tablet  near  the  pulpit,  account  of 20 

Tate,  Rev.  Joseph,  call  of 29 

Tate,  Rev.  Joseph,  accused  of  preaching  false  doctrine  ...    30 

Tate,  Rev.  Joseph,  ordained  at  Donegal 30 

Tate,  Rev.  Joseph,  married 30 

Tate,  Rev.  Joseph,  place  of  burial  of .    .  127  126 

Tate,  Margaret,  place  of  burial  of 127  126 

Tate,  Adam,  place  of  burial  of 127  124 

Tate,  Serah,  place  of  burial  of 127  125 


INDEX.  XI. 


No.  of 
Grave 


Thompson,  James,  place  of  burial  of 153  264 

Tombstones,  parts  of,  at  Conewago  Church 159 

Tradition  of  Witness  Tree 16 

Treasurer,  account  of      13 

Trustees,  meeting  of  first  Board  of 10 

Trustees  elect  officers 11 

Trustees'  election,  May  14th,  1805 16 

Trustees'  meeting,  Nov.  19th,  1800     .   . 16 

Trustees,  number  reduced 16 

Trustees,  the  first  Board  of 10 

Trustees  of  1851  remodel  the  Church 17 

Vance,  Ann,  place  of  burial  of 137  173 

Visit  to  the  site  of  Conewago  Church 158 

Visit  to  the  farm  at  Conewago 159 

Watson,  chart  of  the  family  of 64 

Watson,  Dr.  John,  chart  of  the  family  of 67 

Watson,  John,  M.  D.,  place  of  burial  of 131  143 

Watson,  Margaret,  place  of  burial  of 131  144 

Watson,  John,  place  of  burial  of 131  T42 

Watson,  Nathaniel,  M.  D.,  chart  of  the  family  of 68 

Watson,  Nathaniel,  M.  D.,  place  of  burial  of 132  150 

Watson,  Maria  Haines,  place  of  burial  of 132  151 

Watson,  Anthony  Haines,  place  of  burial  of 133  152 

Watson,  Rachel  Brown,  place  of  burial  of 133  153 

Watson,  David  R.,  M.  D.,  place  of  burial  of 133  155 

Watson,  David,  M.  D.,  place  of  burial  of 131  144 

Watson,  Rev.  James  C,  D.  D.,  family  chart  of 68 

Watson,  James  P.,  place  of  burial  of 153  267 

Wilson,  James,  place  of  burial  of    ....    , 120  93 

Wilson,  John,  place  of  burial  of 138  181 

Wiley,  John,  place  of  burial  of 144  2°8 

Wiley,  Henry  H.,  place  of  burial  of 152  262 

Wiley,  Hannah,  place  of  burial  of 153  266 

Wiley  family,  the  ....        96 

Williamson,  Rev.  McKnight 74 

Whitehill  family,  chart  of 81 

Whitehill,  Samuel  C,  place  of  burial  of 121  96 

Whitehill,  Anna  Mary,  place  of  burial  of 121  97 

Whitehill,  Margaret  Elizabeth,  place  of  burial  of 121  97 

Whitehill,  John,  Esq.,  place  of  burial  of 122  101 

Whitehill,  Mary,  place  of  burial  of 122  102 


Xll.  INDEX. 

No.  of 

Page  Grave 

Whitehill,  William,  place  of  burial  of 122  104 

Wilson,  Jane,  place  of  burial  of 122  105 

Whitehill,  Ann,  place  of  burial  of 123  106 

Whitehill,  Elizabeth  C,  place  of  burial  of 123  107 

Whitehill,  John  Middleton,  place  of  burial  of 123  108 

Whitehill,  J.  Middleton,  place  of  burial  of 123  109 

Whitcombe,  Rev.  Cyrus  B.,  called 37 

Whitcombe,  Rev.  Cyrus  B.,  pastoral  relation  dissolved  ...    37 
Whitcombe,  Rev.  Cyrus  B.,  account  of  installation  at  Donegal  37 

Woods,  Rev.  James  Sterrett  No.  19,  family  chart  of 74 

Woods,  Richard  No.  24  , 75 

Woods,  Lettice,  place  of  burial  of 139  185 

Work,  Joseph,  place  of  burial  of 130  138 

Zell,  Margaret,  place  of  burial 113  57 

Ziegler,  Mary  Rachel,  place  of  burial  of      150  246 

Ziegler,  Harriet  Patterson,  place  of  burial  of 150  246 


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